College Physics (10th Edition)
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Author: Hugh D. Young, Philip W. Adams, Raymond Joseph Chastain
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Chapter 26, Problem 11MCP
A light oeam st'ikes a pane of glass as shown in Figure 26.41. Part of it is reflected off the air-glass interface, and part is transmitted and then reflected off the glass-water interface. Which statements are true about this light? (There may be more than one correct choice.)
Figure 26.41
Multiple- Choice Problem 11.
- A. Half-cycle phase shifts occur at both the air-glass and glass-water interfaces.
- B. Half-cycle phase shifts occur at neither of the interfaces.
- C. A half-cycle phase shift occurs at the glass-water interface but not at the air-glass interface.
- D. A half-cycle phase shift occurs at the air-glass interface but not at the glass-water interface.
- E. The phase shifts at both interfaces cancel each other out.
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