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ISBN: 9780321976444

Author: James S. Walker

Publisher: PEARSON

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In physics, the term diffraction is defined as the bending of light around the corners of the obstacle. As a light ray passes by an aperture, it bends around the edges or through slits, it spreads out through a narrow opening. The diffracted light will p…

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Chapter 28, Problem 90GP

A curved piece of glass with a radius of curvature R rests on a flat plate of glass. Light of wavelength λ is incident normally on this system. Considering only interference between waves reflected from the curved (lower) surface of glass and the top surface of the plate, show that the radius of the nth dark ring is

r n = θ n λ R − n 2 λ 2 / 4

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