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Undergrad Analyzing Brightness in Series Lightbulb Circuits
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High School Angle of vision for a real image
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Graduate How does gamma photon ionization affect ion creation and wavelength?
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High School How do I convert from lux to candela?
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Undergrad Calcuating retinal irradiance from the sun
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Undergrad S vs. P polarization (classical EM)
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Graduate Intensity of p-polarized light through stack of plates
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Undergrad Rutherford scattering and momentum
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Undergrad Generating light by using the energy from a yoyo
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Graduate Constant frequency of light and connection to QM
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High School The Invisible Beauty of Evening Primrose
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Undergrad Dispersion: expansion of wavenumber as function of omega
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Graduate Optical system with a medium different from air
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Graduate Rotate only H-Pol Component of Light beam by 90 degrees
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Undergrad Understanding the Visibility of the ISS: Physics Explained in Simple Terms
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Undergrad Off-angle irradiance from Radiant Intensity
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High School Adding two waves with different amplitudes
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High School Is there such a one-way mirror?
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Undergrad Atmospheric Photolysis and its relation to Absorption Cross Section
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Graduate Compensate for non-point source irradiance losses on surface
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Undergrad Setting up a circuit to drive a Laser Diode
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Undergrad A question on dispersion of Prism
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High School Rainbow Curvature: Why is it Curved?
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Undergrad External focus in an optical system
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Undergrad Superposition Proof: Understanding Angle of Sin
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Undergrad Optics Research: Focus Light to <5mm, Cheap Lens Solutions
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Undergrad Apply Fermat's principle to a Concave mirror
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Undergrad Is the Photon Riding on an Electromagnetic Wave?
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High School Can Fringes Exist with Sine Value Greater Than 1 in Young's Double Slit Formula?
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Undergrad Energy Loss During Total Internal Reflection
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Undergrad Plano convex lenses and focal length
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Undergrad Can a laser be effective in a sandstorm or through ash?
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Undergrad Why can you solve system of lenses combining the effects?
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High School Do Ghostly Entities Have Mass Like My Reflection or Shadow?
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Graduate What if the speed of light were not constant?
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Graduate Understanding the Behavior of EM Waves: A Scientist's Perspective
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Undergrad Why Does X-Ray Scatter at Angle 2dsinθ?
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Graduate Significance of terms of acceleration in polar coordinates
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Undergrad Fraunhofer Lines: Outdoor Photo Through Bandpass Filter
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Undergrad Designing a planocovex PMMA lens
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Undergrad Understanding laser power terminology
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Undergrad How do sharp ended lightning rods reduce the probability of lightning strikes?
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Graduate Refraction of IR "light" in CCD sensors SiO2 layer
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Undergrad Is lead salvaged from hospital x-ray shielding safe?
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Graduate Why there isn't a scattered photon in the Pe effect?
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Undergrad Is perspective distortion mathematically modeled?
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Undergrad Is the Acousto-Optic Effect correlated to wavelength/colour?
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Graduate Faster than Light... Superluminal Group Velocity
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Graduate Extreme focus of a radially polarized beam
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Undergrad Polarizers and Analyzers in optics
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Undergrad Light travels only in one direction material?
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Graduate Uncovering the Source of Extra 267 J in Standard Incandescent Light Bulb
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Graduate Why do concerts not impact the way we see light?
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High School Wavelength, Path Difference, Phase Difference
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Undergrad Thin film interference - why thin, exactly?
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High School What is the difference between single-mode and multimode lasers?
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High School Shining Monochromatic Light on a strawberry....
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Graduate Light as a Constant: Examining the Paradox
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High School Red laser erases on glow in the dark surfaces?
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Graduate Effect of IR blocking nano coating atop solar reflectors....
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Graduate Thin lens approximation and Apparent depth
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Graduate Is light speed limit an artifact of the math of measurement
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Graduate Relative Humidity (RH) affecting atmospheric attenuation of light?
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Undergrad Software for laser simulations
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Undergrad Can any object withstand the power of light?
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Graduate What Drives Photon Movement in Laser Physics?
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High School Can destructive interference cause energy loss and how can it be regained?
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Graduate Can a space vessel generate its own photon wind?
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Graduate Can a photon's energy be so high that it creates a black hole?
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Graduate Special Relativity/Energy/Photon Question
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Graduate Can Light Pressure Energy Influence Momentum and the Doppler Effect?
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Undergrad What does polarization actually mean?
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Graduate Microwave susceptors are suppressed in viscoelastic mediums
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Undergrad Torque applied on a lighting column
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High School Mystery of Reflected Sunlight 73 Miles Away - A Man's Quest
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Graduate What is causing the reflected beam's s oscillations at Brewster's angle?
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Graduate Does Light Refraction in Water Lead to Ultraviolet Emission at Extreme Depths?
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High School Phase Diff: Why Does 180° Change Occur?
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Graduate Basic question about Head-Up Display and Near Eye Display
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High School How are Virtual Images Formed and Why Do Definitions Matter?
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Graduate Virtual image size/distance in an OAP mirror
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Undergrad What happens to intensity during light interference?
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Undergrad Increasing solar energy conversion efficiency
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High School Does light contain kinetic energy?
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Undergrad Does Scattering Involve Absorption
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Undergrad LightSpeed & Time: What's the Relationship?
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Undergrad What is the Equation on My T-Shirt?
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High School Why is light acting wavelike ?
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High School Why does light move slower in a more dense medium?
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Graduate Why subsidary maximum has lower intensity physically in single-slit diffraction?
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Undergrad Can the Doppler Effect Cause Changes in Radio Wave Frequency?
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Graduate A distance-based formula Rayleigh-scattered light....
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High School What are the properties of a wave?
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High School Color Dependence of Angular Resolution
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High School Why heavy cars take more time than lighter cars to stop?
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Undergrad Why is there a wavelength dependence in diffraction?
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Graduate Nonreflective Coating and Emission Relation?
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Undergrad Why is the resolution of TEMs and SEMs not smaller?
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Graduate Conservation of energy in refraction
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Undergrad How exactly are X-Rays produced?
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