Physics Technology Update (4th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0-32190-308-0
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Chapter 28 - Physical Optics: Interference and Diffraction - Problems and Conceptual Exercises - Page 1006: 38

Answer

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Work Step by Step

(a) The thickness of the film is given as $ t_{min}=\frac{\lambda}{4n}$ We plug in the known values to obtain: $ t_{min}=\frac{652\times 10^{-9}m}{4(1.33)}$ $ t_{min}=123\times 10^{-9}m=123nm $ (b) We know that $\lambda=\frac{2(1.33)(123\times 10^{-9}m)}{m}=\frac{327.18nm}{m}$ $\lambda_1=\frac{227.18nm}{1}$ for $ m=2$ $\lambda_2=\frac{327.18nm}{2}=163.59nm $ for $ m=3$ $\lambda_3=\frac{327.18nm}{3}=109.06nm $ Thus, no visible wavelengths destructively interfere as we have obtained the wavelengths which are less than $400nm $.
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