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ISBN: 9780134601823

Author: ETKINA, Eugenia, Planinšič, G. (gorazd), Van Heuvelen, Alan

Publisher: Pearson,

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Chapter 24, Problem 68GP

** Variable thickness wedge A wedge of glass of refractive index 1.64 has a silver coating on the bottom, as shown in Figure P24.68. Determine the smallest distance x to a position where 500-nm light reflected from the top surface of the glass interferes constructively with light reflected from the silver coating on the bottom. The light changes phase when reflected at the silver coating.

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