Physics for Scientists and Engineers with Modern Physics
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Author: Raymond A. Serway, John W. Jewett
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Chapter 36, Problem 28AP
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The nearest point where two beams are in phase.
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Ch. 36.2 - Which of the following causes the fringes in a...Ch. 36.3 - Using Figure 36.6 as a model, sketch the...Ch. 36.5 - One microscope slide is placed on top of another...Ch. 36 - Two slits are separated by 0.320 mm. A beam of...Ch. 36 - Prob. 2PCh. 36 - A laser beam is incident on two slits with a...Ch. 36 - Prob. 4PCh. 36 - Prob. 5PCh. 36 - Light with wavelength 442 nm passes through a...Ch. 36 - Prob. 7P
Ch. 36 - A student holds a laser that emits light of...Ch. 36 - Coherent light rays of wavelength strike a pair...Ch. 36 - In Figure P36.10 (not to scale), let L = 1.20 m...Ch. 36 - Prob. 11PCh. 36 - Prob. 12PCh. 36 - In the double-slit arrangement of Figure P36.13, d...Ch. 36 - Monochromatic light of wavelength is incident on...Ch. 36 - Prob. 15PCh. 36 - Show that the distribution of intensity in a...Ch. 36 - Prob. 17PCh. 36 - Monochromatic coherent light of amplitude E0 and...Ch. 36 - Prob. 19PCh. 36 - Prob. 20PCh. 36 - Prob. 21PCh. 36 - Prob. 22PCh. 36 - When a liquid is introduced into the air space...Ch. 36 - Prob. 24PCh. 36 - Prob. 25PCh. 36 - Prob. 26PCh. 36 - Prob. 27PCh. 36 - Prob. 28APCh. 36 - Prob. 29APCh. 36 - Prob. 30APCh. 36 - Prob. 31APCh. 36 - Prob. 32APCh. 36 - In a Youngs double-slit experiment using light of...Ch. 36 - Prob. 34APCh. 36 - Figure P36.35 shows a radio-wave transmitter and a...Ch. 36 - Prob. 36APCh. 36 - In a Newtons-rings experiment, a plano-convex...Ch. 36 - Prob. 38APCh. 36 - A plano-concave lens having index of refraction...Ch. 36 - Prob. 40APCh. 36 - Interference fringes are produced using Lloyds...Ch. 36 - A plano-convex lens has index of refraction n. The...Ch. 36 - Prob. 43APCh. 36 - Prob. 44APCh. 36 - Prob. 45APCh. 36 - Prob. 46CPCh. 36 - Prob. 47CPCh. 36 - Prob. 48CPCh. 36 - Prob. 49CPCh. 36 - Prob. 50CP
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