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Chapter36
Interference
Objectives:

1. Tounderstandthewavenatureoflight:
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2. Tounderstandhowsingleslitdiffractiondemonstratesthewavenatureoflight.

2. TounderstandHuygens'sprincipleandhowitcanbeusedtoderivethelawsof
reflectionandrefraction.

3. Tounderstandhowdoubleslitdiffractionproducesbrightanddarkspots:
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4. Tounderstandhowtocalculateintensitiesfordoubleslitdiffraction
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5. Tounderstandconstructiveanddestructiveinterferenceforthinfilms
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6. TounderstandhowtheMichelsoninterferometerworks
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Chapter36problems

1. Whenanelectronmovesthroughamediumataspeedexceedingthespeedof
lightforthatmedium,itradiateselectromagneticenergy(Cerenkoveffect).What
minimumspeedmustanelectronhaveinaliquidofrefractiveindex1.54inorder
toradiate?

2. Thetwolightwavesshowninthefigureofwavelength620nmareinitiallyoutof
phasebyrad.WhatisthesmallestthicknessLthatwillputthewavesexactlyin
phaseoncetheypassthroughthetwomedia?
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3. Young'sexperimentisperformedwithbluegreenlightofwavelength500nm.
Theslitsare1.20mmapartandtheviewingscreenis5.4mfromtheslits.How
farapartarethebrightfringes?

4. Ifthedistancebetweenthefirstandtenthminimaofadoubleslitpatternis18
mmandtheslitsareseparatedby0.15mmwiththescreen50cmfromtheslits,
whatisthewavelengthofthelightused?

5. Lightofwavelength624nmisincidentperpendicularlyonasoapfilm(n=1.33)
suspendedinair.Whatisthesecondsmallestthicknessofthefilmforwhichthe
reflectionsfromthefilmundergofullyconstructiveinterference?

6. Alensofindexofrefractiongreaterthan1.3iscoatedwithathintransparentfilm
ofindexofrefraction1.30toeliminatebyinterferencethereflectionofredlight
atwavelength680nmthatisincidentperpendicularlyonthelens.What
minimumfilmthicknessisneeded?

7. HowmanyfringesmovebythedetectorwhenthemovablearmofaMichelson
interferometerismovedadistanceof0.1152mm?Thelightusedhasa
wavelengthof754.1nm.