Physics for Scientists and Engineers with Modern Physics
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Chapter 36, Problem 8P
A student holds a laser that emits light of wavelength λ. The laser beam passes through a pair of slits separated by a distance d, in a glass plate attached to the front of the laser. The beam then falls perpendicularly on a screen, creating an interference pattern on it. The student begins to walk directly toward the screen at speed v. The central maximum on the screen is stationary. Find the speed of the mth-order maxima on the screen, where m can be very large.
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Ch. 36.2 - Which of the following causes the fringes in a...Ch. 36.3 - Using Figure 36.6 as a model, sketch the...Ch. 36.5 - One microscope slide is placed on top of another...Ch. 36 - Two slits are separated by 0.320 mm. A beam of...Ch. 36 - Prob. 2PCh. 36 - A laser beam is incident on two slits with a...Ch. 36 - Prob. 4PCh. 36 - Prob. 5PCh. 36 - Light with wavelength 442 nm passes through a...Ch. 36 - Prob. 7P
Ch. 36 - A student holds a laser that emits light of...Ch. 36 - Coherent light rays of wavelength strike a pair...Ch. 36 - In Figure P36.10 (not to scale), let L = 1.20 m...Ch. 36 - Prob. 11PCh. 36 - Prob. 12PCh. 36 - In the double-slit arrangement of Figure P36.13, d...Ch. 36 - Monochromatic light of wavelength is incident on...Ch. 36 - Prob. 15PCh. 36 - Show that the distribution of intensity in a...Ch. 36 - Prob. 17PCh. 36 - Monochromatic coherent light of amplitude E0 and...Ch. 36 - Prob. 19PCh. 36 - Prob. 20PCh. 36 - Prob. 21PCh. 36 - Prob. 22PCh. 36 - When a liquid is introduced into the air space...Ch. 36 - Prob. 24PCh. 36 - Prob. 25PCh. 36 - Prob. 26PCh. 36 - Prob. 27PCh. 36 - Prob. 28APCh. 36 - Prob. 29APCh. 36 - Prob. 30APCh. 36 - Prob. 31APCh. 36 - Prob. 32APCh. 36 - In a Youngs double-slit experiment using light of...Ch. 36 - Prob. 34APCh. 36 - Figure P36.35 shows a radio-wave transmitter and a...Ch. 36 - Prob. 36APCh. 36 - In a Newtons-rings experiment, a plano-convex...Ch. 36 - Prob. 38APCh. 36 - A plano-concave lens having index of refraction...Ch. 36 - Prob. 40APCh. 36 - Interference fringes are produced using Lloyds...Ch. 36 - A plano-convex lens has index of refraction n. The...Ch. 36 - Prob. 43APCh. 36 - Prob. 44APCh. 36 - Prob. 45APCh. 36 - Prob. 46CPCh. 36 - Prob. 47CPCh. 36 - Prob. 48CPCh. 36 - Prob. 49CPCh. 36 - Prob. 50CP
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