Schaum's Outline of College Physics, Twelfth Edition (Schaum's Outlines)
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ISBN: 9781259587399
Author: Eugene Hecht
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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10 mW of light is incident on a piece of GaAs which is 0.2mm thick. The incident light is a mixture of 5mW at λ1=1.553μm and 5mW at λ2=0.828μm. A total of 7mW mixed light exits out of the GaAs. Assume no reflections at the air/GaAs interface and any light generated by recombination won’t exit the GaAs. What are the absorption coefficients, α, for two different wavelengths?
Problem 18: Consider a single slit that produces its first minimum at 54° for 590 nm light.Randomized Variablesθ1 = 54 °θ2 = 67 °λ1 = 590 nm
Part (a) What is the width of the single slit, w, in nanometers?Numeric : A numeric value is expected and not an expression.w = __________________________________________Part (b) Find the wavelength, in nanometers, of light that has its first minimum at 67°.Numeric : A numeric value is expected and not an expression.λ2 = __________________________________________
Problem 18: Consider a single slit that produces its first minimum at 54° for 590 nm light.
Randomized Variablesθ1 = 54 °θ1 = 54 °θ2 = 67 °λ1 = 590 nm
Part (a) What is the width of the single slit, w, in nanometers?Numeric : A numeric value is expected and not an expression.w = __________________________________________
Part (b) Find the wavelength, in nanometers, of light that has its first minimum at 67°.Numeric : A numeric value is expected and not an expression.λ2 = __________________________________________
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Schaum's Outline of College Physics, Twelfth Edition (Schaum's Outlines)
Ch. 40 - 40.16 [I] Considering Young’s experiment using...Ch. 40 - Prob. 17SPCh. 40 - Prob. 18SPCh. 40 - Prob. 19SPCh. 40 - Prob. 20SPCh. 40 - 21. Suppose we have Young’s double-slit setup with...Ch. 40 - Prob. 22SPCh. 40 - Prob. 23SPCh. 40 - Prob. 24SPCh. 40 - 40.25 [II] Two sound sources send identical waves...
Ch. 40 - Prob. 26SPCh. 40 - 40.27 [I] A double-slit experiment is done in the...Ch. 40 - 40.28 [I] In Problem 40.27, if the slit-to-screen...Ch. 40 - 40.29 [I] Red light of wavelength 644 nm, from a...Ch. 40 - 40.30 [I] Two flat glass plates are pressed...Ch. 40 - Prob. 32SPCh. 40 - Prob. 33SPCh. 40 - Prob. 34SPCh. 40 - 40.35 [II] Green light of wavelength 500 nm is...Ch. 40 - 40.36 [II] A narrow beam of yellow light of...Ch. 40 - 40.37 [II] Blue light of wavelength m is...Ch. 40 - 40.38 [II] Determine the ratio of the wavelengths...Ch. 40 - 40.39 [II] A spectrum of white light is obtained...Ch. 40 - Prob. 40SPCh. 40 - Prob. 41SP
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