A soap film (n=1.33) is 370 nm thick and coats a flat piece of glass (n = 1.52). Thus, air is on one side of the film and glass is on the other side, as the figure illustrates. Sunlight, whose wavelengths (in vacuum) extend from 380 to 750 nm, travels through air and strikes the film nearly perpendicularly. For what wavelength in the range of 380 to 750 nm does constructive interference cause the film to look bright in reflected light? "air=1.00 "soap = 1.33 "glass 1.52 Incident light 2

A soap film (n=1.33) is 370 nm thick and coats a flat piece of glass (n = 1.52). Thus, air is on one side of the film and glass is on the other side, as the figure illustrates. Sunlight, whose wavelengths (in vacuum) extend from 380 to 750 nm, travels through air and strikes the film nearly perpendicularly. For what wavelength in the range of 380 to 750 nm does constructive interference cause the film to look bright in reflected light? "air=1.00 "soap = 1.33 "glass 1.52 Incident light 2

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Chapter27: Wave Optics

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Problem 63P: Both sides of a uniform film that has index of refraction n and thickness d are in contact with air....

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