Solutions for University Physics Volume 3
Problem 3.1CYU:
Check Your Understanding In the system used in the preceding examples, at what angles are the first...Problem 3.2CYU:
Check Your Understanding Going further with Example 3.4, what are the next two thicknesses of soap...Problem 3.3CYU:
Check Your Understanding Although m, the number of fringes observed, is an integer, which is often...Problem 1CQ:
Young’s double-slit experiment breaks a single light beam into two sources. Would the same pattern...Problem 2CQ:
Is it possible to create a experimental setup in which there is only destructive interference?...Problem 3CQ:
Why won’t two small sodium lamps, held close together, produce an interference pattern on a distant...Problem 4CQ:
Suppose you use the same double slit to perform Young’s double-slit experiment in air and then...Problem 5CQ:
Why is monochromatic light used in the double slit experiment? What would happen if white light were...Problem 6CQ:
What effect does increasing the wedge angle have on the spacing of interference fringes? If the...Problem 7CQ:
How is the difference in paths taken by two originally in-phase light waves related to whether they...Problem 8CQ:
Is there a phase change in the light reflected from either surface of a contact lens floating on a...Problem 9CQ:
In placing a sample on a microscope slide, a glass cover is placed over a water drop on the glass...Problem 10CQ:
Answer the above question if the fluid between the two pieces of crown glass is carbon disulfide.Problem 11CQ:
While contemplating the food value of a slice of ham, you notice a rainbow of color reflected from...Problem 12CQ:
An inventor notices that a soap bubble is dark at its thinnest and realizes that destructive...Problem 13CQ:
A nonreflective coating like the one described in Example 3.3 works ideally for a single wavelength...Problem 14CQ:
Why is it much more difficult to see interference fringes for light reflected from a thick piece of...Problem 15CQ:
Describe how a Michelson interferometer can be used to measure the index of refraction of a gas...Problem 16P:
At what angle is the first-order maximum for 450-nm wavelength blue light falling on double slits...Problem 17P:
Calculate the angle for the third-order maximum of 580-nm wavelength yellow light falling on double...Problem 18P:
What is the separation between two slits for which 610-nm orange light has its first maximum at an...Problem 19P:
Find the distance between two slits that produces the first minimum for 410-nm violet light at an...Problem 20P:
Calculate the wavelength of light that has its third minimum at an angle of 30.0° when falling on...Problem 21P:
What is the wavelength of light falling on double slits separated by 2.00 m if the third-order...Problem 23P:
What is the highest-order maximum for 400-nm light falling on double slits separated by 25.0 m?Problem 24P:
Find the largest wavelength of light falling on double slits separated by 1.20 m for which there is...Problem 25P:
What is the smallest separation between two slits that will produce a second-order maximum for...Problem 26P:
(a) What is the smallest separation between two slits that will produce a second-order maximum for...Problem 27P:
(a) If the first-order maximum for monochromatic light falling on a double slit is at an angle of...Problem 28P:
Shown below is a double slit located a distance x from a screen, with the distance from the center...Problem 29P:
Using the result of the preceding problem, (a) calculate the distance between fringes for 633-nm...Problem 30P:
Using the result of the problem two problems prior, find the wavelength of light that produces...Problem 31P:
In a double-slit experiment, the fifth maximum is 2.8 cm from the central maximum on a screen that...Problem 32P:
The source in Young’s experiment emits at two wavelengths. On the viewing screen, the fourth maximum...Problem 33P:
If 500-nm and 650-nm light illuminates two slits that are separated by 0.50 mm, how far apart are...Problem 34P:
Red light of wavelength of 700 nm falls on a double slit separated by 400 nm. (a) At what angle is...Problem 35P:
Ten narrow slits are equally spaced 0.25 mm apart and illuminated with yellow light of wavelength...Problem 36P:
The width of bright fringes can be calculated as the separation between the two adjacent dark...Problem 37P:
For a three-slit interference pattern, find the ratio of the peak intensities of a secondary maximum...Problem 38P:
What is the angular width of the central fringe of the interference pattern of (a) 20 slits...Problem 39P:
A soap bubble is 100 nm thick and illuminated by white light incident perpendicular to its surface....Problem 40P:
An oil slick on water is 120 nm thick and illuminated by white light incident perpendicular to its...Problem 41P:
Calculate the minimum thickness of an oil slick on water that appears blue when illuminated by white...Problem 42P:
Find the minimum thickness of a soap bubble that appears red when illuminated by white light...Problem 43P:
A film of soapy water (n=1.33) on top of a plastic cutting board has a thickness of 233 nm. What...Problem 44P:
What are the three smallest non-zero thicknesses of soapy water (n=1.33) on Plexiglas if it appears...Problem 45P:
Suppose you have a lens system that is to be used primarily for 700-nm red light. What is the second...Problem 46P:
(a) As a soap bubble thins it becomes dark, because the path length difference becomes small...Problem 47P:
To save money on making military aircraft invisible to radar, an inventor decides to coat them with...Problem 48P:
A Michelson interferometer has two equal arms. A mercury light of wavelength 546 nm is used for the...Problem 49P:
What is the distance moved by the traveling mirror of a Michelson interferometer that corresponds to...Problem 50P:
When the traveling mirror of a Michelson interferometer is moved 2.40105 m, 90 fringes pass by a...Problem 51P:
In a Michelson interferometer, light of wavelength 632.8 nm from a He-Ne laser is used. When one of...Problem 52P:
A chamber 5.0 cm long with flat, parallel windows at the ends is placed in one arm of a Michelson...Problem 53AP:
For 600-nm wavelength light and a slit separation of 0.12 mm, what are the angular positions of the...Problem 54AP:
If the light source in the preceding problem is changed, the angular position of the third maximum...Problem 55AP:
Red light (=710.nm) illuminates double slits separated by a distance d=0.150 mm. The screen and the...Problem 56AP:
Two sources as in phase and emit waves with =0.42 m. Determine whether constructive or destructive...Problem 57AP:
Two slits 4.0106 m apart are illuminated by light of wavelength 600 nm. What is the highest order...Problem 58AP:
Suppose that the highest order fringe that can be observed is the eighth in a double-slit experiment...Problem 59AP:
The interference pattern of a He-Ne laser light (=632.9nm) passing through two slits 0.031 mm apart...Problem 60AP:
Young’s double-slit experiment is performed immersed in water (n=1.333) . The light source is a...Problem 61AP:
A double-slit experiment is to be set up so that the bright fringes appear 1.27 cm apart on a screen...Problem 62AP:
An effect analogous to two-slit interference can occur with sound waves, instead of light. In an...Problem 63AP:
A hydrogen gas discharge lamp emits visible light at four wavelengths, =410 , 434, 486, and 656 nm....Problem 64AP:
Monochromatic light of frequency 5.51014 Hz falls on 10 slits separated by 0.020 mm. What is the...Problem 65AP:
Eight slits equally separated by 0.149 mm is uniformly illuminated by a monochromatic light at =523...Problem 66AP:
Eight slits equally separated by 0.149 mm is uniformly illuminated by a monochromatic light at =523...Problem 67AP:
A transparent film of thickness 250 nm and index of refraction of 1.40 is surrounded by air. What...Problem 68AP:
An intensity minimum is found for 450 nm light transmitted through a transparent film (n=1.20) in...Problem 69AP:
A thin film with n=1.32 is surrounded by air. What is the minimum thickness of this film such that...Problem 70AP:
Repeat your calculation of the previous problem with the thin film placed on a flat glass (n=1.50)...Problem 71AP:
After a minor oil spill, a think film of oil (n=1.40) of thickness 450 nm floats on the water...Problem 72AP:
A microscope slide 10 cm long is separated from a glass plate at one end by a sheet of paper. As...Problem 73AP:
Suppose that the setup of the preceding problem is immersed in an unknown liquid. If 18 fringes per...Problem 74AP:
A thin wedge filled with air is produced when two flat glass plates are placed on top of one another...Problem 75AP:
Two identical pieces of rectangular plate glass are used to measure the thickness of a hair. The...Problem 76AP:
Two microscope slides made of glass are illuminated by monochromatic (=589nm) light incident...Problem 77AP:
A good quality camera “lens” is actually a system of lenses, rather than a single lens, but a side...Problem 78AP:
Constructive interference is observed from directly above an oil slick for wavelengths (in air) 440...Problem 79AP:
A soap bubble is blown outdoors. What colors (indicate by wavelengths) of the reflected sunlight are...Problem 80AP:
A Michelson interferometer with a He-Ne laser light source (=632.8nm) projects its interference...Problem 81AP:
An experimenter detects 251 fringes when the movable mirror in a Michelson interferometer is...Problem 82AP:
A Michelson interferometer is used to measure the wavelength of light put through it. When the...Problem 83AP:
A 5.08-cm-long rectangular glass chamber is inserted into one arm of a Michelson interferometer...Problem 84AP:
Into one arm of a Michelson interferometer, a plastic sheet of thickness 75 m is inserted, which...Problem 85AP:
The thickness of an aluminum foil is measured using a Michelson interferometer that has its movable...Problem 86AP:
The movable mirror of a Michelson interferometer is attached to one end of a thin metal rod of...Problem 87AP:
In a thermally stabilized lab, a Michelson interferometer is used to monitor the temperature to...Problem 88AP:
A 65-fringe shift results in a Michelson interferometer when a 42.0-µm film made of an unknown...Problem 89CP:
Determine what happens to the double-slit interference pattern if one of the slits is covered with a...Problem 90CP:
Fifty-one narrow slits are equally spaced and separated by 0.10 mm. The slits are illuminated by...Problem 91CP:
A film of oil on water will appear dark when it is very thin, because the path length difference...Problem 92CP:
Figure 3.14 shows two glass slides illuminated by monochromatic light incident perpendicularly. The...Problem 93CP:
Figure 3.14 shows two 7.50-cm-long glass slides illuminated by pure 589-nm wavelength light incident...Browse All Chapters of This Textbook
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University Physics is a three-volume collection that meets the scope and sequence requirements for two- and three-semester calculus-based physics courses. Volume 1 covers mechanics, sound, oscillations, and waves. Volume 2 covers thermodynamics, electricity and magnetism, and Volume 3 covers optics and modern physics. This textbook emphasizes connections between between theory and application, making physics concepts interesting and accessible to students while maintaining the mathematical rigor inherent in the subject. Frequent, strong examples focus on how to approach a problem, how to work with the equations, and how to check and generalize the result.
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