A glass sheet 0.910 um thick is suspended in air with white light incident perpendicularly on the sheet. In reflected light, there are gaps in the visible spectrum at 529.2 nm and 635.0 nm. Calculate the minimum value of the index of refraction n of the glass sheet that would produce this effect.

A glass sheet 0.910 um thick is suspended in air with white light incident perpendicularly on the sheet. In reflected light, there are gaps in the visible spectrum at 529.2 nm and 635.0 nm. Calculate the minimum value of the index of refraction n of the glass sheet that would produce this effect.

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A glass sheet 0.910 µm thick is suspended in air with white light incident perpendicularly on the sheet. In reflected light, there
are gaps
in the visible spectrum at 529.2 nm and 635.0 nm. Calculate the minimum value of the index of refraction n of the glass
sheet that would produce this effect.

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