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Chapter 37, Problem 37.3QQ
One microscope slide is placed on top of another with their left edges in contact and a human hair under the right edge of the upper slide. As a result, a wedge of air exists between the slides. An interference pattern results when monochromatic light is incident on the wedge. What is at the left edges of the slides? (a) a dark fringe (b) a bright fringe (c) impossible to determine
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Ch. 37 - Which of the following causes the fringes in a...Ch. 37 - Using Figure 36.6 as a model, sketch the...Ch. 37 - One microscope slide is placed on top of another...Ch. 37 - While using a Michelson interferometer (shown in...Ch. 37 - Four trials of Young's double-slit experiment are...Ch. 37 - Suppose Youngs double-slit experiment is performed...Ch. 37 - Green light has a wavelength of 500 nm in air. (i)...Ch. 37 - A thin layer of oil (n = 1.25) is floating on...Ch. 37 - A monochromatic beam of light of wavelength .500...Ch. 37 - According to Table 35.1, the index of refraction...
Ch. 37 - Suppose you perform Youngs double-slit experiment...Ch. 37 - A plane monochromatic light wave is incident on a...Ch. 37 - A film of' oil on a puddle in a parking lot shows...Ch. 37 - Prob. 37.1CQCh. 37 - Prob. 37.2CQCh. 37 - Explain why two flashlights held close together do...Ch. 37 - A lens with outer radius of curvature R and index...Ch. 37 - Consider a dark fringe in a double-slit...Ch. 37 - Prob. 37.6CQCh. 37 - What is the necessary condition on the path length...Ch. 37 - In a laboratory accident, you spill two liquids...Ch. 37 - A theatrical smoke machine fills the space bet...Ch. 37 - Two slits are separated by 0.320 mm. A beam of...Ch. 37 - Light of wavelength 530 nm illuminates a pair of...Ch. 37 - A laser beam is incident on two slits with a...Ch. 37 - A Youngs interference experiment is performed with...Ch. 37 - Youngs double-slit experiment is performed with...Ch. 37 - Why is the following situation impossible? Two...Ch. 37 - Light of wavelength 620 nm falls on a double slit,...Ch. 37 - In a Youngs double-slit experiment, two parallel...Ch. 37 - pair of narrow, parallel slits separated by 0.250...Ch. 37 - Light with wavelength 442 nm passes through a...Ch. 37 - The two speakers of a boom box are 35.0 cm apart....Ch. 37 - Prob. 37.12PCh. 37 - Two radio antennas separated by d = 300 in as...Ch. 37 - A riverside warehouse has several small doors...Ch. 37 - A student holds a laser that emits light of...Ch. 37 - A student holds a laser that emits light of...Ch. 37 - Radio waves of wavelength 125 m from a galaxy...Ch. 37 - In Figure P36.10 (not to scale), let L = 1.20 m...Ch. 37 - Coherent light rays of wavelength strike a pair...Ch. 37 - Monochromatic light of wavelength is incident on...Ch. 37 - In the double-slit arrangement of Figure P36.13, d...Ch. 37 - Youngs double-slit experiment underlies the...Ch. 37 - Two slits are separated by 0.180 mm. An...Ch. 37 - Prob. 37.24PCh. 37 - In Figure P37.18, let L = 120 cm and d = 0.250 cm....Ch. 37 - Monochromatic coherent light of amplitude E0 and...Ch. 37 - The intensity on the screen at a certain point in...Ch. 37 - Green light ( = 546 nm) illuminates a pair of...Ch. 37 - Two narrow, parallel slits separated by 0.850 mm...Ch. 37 - A soap bubble (n = 1.33) floating in air has the...Ch. 37 - A thin film of oil (n = 1.25) is located on...Ch. 37 - A material having an index of refraction of 1.30...Ch. 37 - Prob. 37.33PCh. 37 - A film of MgF2 (n = 1.38) having thickness 1.00 ...Ch. 37 - A beam of 580-nm light passes through two closely...Ch. 37 - An oil film (n = 1.45) floating on water is...Ch. 37 - An air wedge is formed between two glass plates...Ch. 37 - Astronomers observe the chromosphere of the Sun...Ch. 37 - When a liquid is introduced into the air space...Ch. 37 - A lens made of glass (ng = 1.52) is coated with a...Ch. 37 - Two glass plates 10.0 cm long are in contact at...Ch. 37 - Mirror M1 in Figure 36.13 is moved through a...Ch. 37 - Prob. 37.43PCh. 37 - One leg of a Michelson interferometer contains an...Ch. 37 - Radio transmitter A operating at 60.0 MHz is 10.0...Ch. 37 - A room is 6.0 m long and 3.0 m wide. At the front...Ch. 37 - In an experiment similar to that of Example 36.1,...Ch. 37 - In the What If? section of Example 36.2, it was...Ch. 37 - An investigator finds a fiber at a crime scene...Ch. 37 - Raise your hand and hold it flat. Think of the...Ch. 37 - Two coherent waves, coming from sources at...Ch. 37 - In a Youngs interference experiment, the two slits...Ch. 37 - In a Youngs double-slit experiment using light of...Ch. 37 - Review. A flat piece of glass is held stationary...Ch. 37 - A certain grade of crude oil has an index of...Ch. 37 - The waves from a radio station can reach a home...Ch. 37 - Interference effects are produced at point P on a...Ch. 37 - Measurements are made of the intensity...Ch. 37 - Many cells are transparent anti colorless....Ch. 37 - Consider the double-slit arrangement shown in...Ch. 37 - Figure P36.35 shows a radio-wave transmitter and a...Ch. 37 - Figure P36.35 shows a radio-wave transmitter and a...Ch. 37 - In a Newtons-rings experiment, a plano-convex...Ch. 37 - Why is the following situation impossible? A piece...Ch. 37 - A plano-concave lens having index of refraction...Ch. 37 - A plano-convex lens has index of refraction n. The...Ch. 37 - Interference fringes are produced using Lloyds...Ch. 37 - Prob. 37.68APCh. 37 - Astronomers observe a 60.0-MHz radio source both...Ch. 37 - Figure CQ37.2 shows an unbroken soap film in a...Ch. 37 - Our discussion of the techniques for determining...Ch. 37 - The condition for constructive interference by...Ch. 37 - Both sides of a uniform film that has index of...Ch. 37 - Prob. 37.74CPCh. 37 - Monochromatic light of wavelength 620 nm passes...Ch. 37 - Prob. 37.76CP
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