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A technician places a fluid substance, with a refractive index of 1.61, between two horizontal panes of flat glass (each of which has n = 1.55). He then illuminates the assembly from above with monochromatic light (? = 620 nm). What is the minimum thickness (in nm) that the liquid layer must have, if the light is to be strongly reflected back toward its source?
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