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 1008: 86

Answer

$528nm$

Work Step by Step

We know that $\frac{m_b}{m_R}=\frac{\lambda_R}{\lambda_b}$ We plug in the known values to obtain: $\frac{m_b}{m_R}=\frac{687nm}{458nm}=\frac{3}{2}$ Now we can find the required thickness as follows: $t=\frac{m_b\lambda_b}{2n}$ We plug in the known values to obtain: $t=\frac{3(458\times 10^{-9}m)}{2(1.30)}$ $t=528nm$
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