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Why does the photon have no mass?
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What is the name of this equation? Seems to be from Optics
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Laser Polarization: Learn Why Polarizers are Used
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Speed of Light Limit: Factors & Vacuum Conditions
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Arbitrarily changing EM fields and their photons
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Understanding the Impact of Photon Emissions on the Sun's Gravity
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How do you explain this? (Optics)
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What is an optical straight line (photon path)?
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About polarization and polarizer
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Is a Photon Really Its Own Antiparticle?
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Does light curve toward ordered
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Do Photons Have Mass? Physics Forums FAQ
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Sonoluminescence using microwaves?
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Optics problem --- absorbtion index
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Speed of light depending on gravitational constant?
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Is there a good classical description of a photon?
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Why is visible light not harmful?
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Is Light a Particle or a Wave According to Planck's Theory?
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Aperture stop for an optical system
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Photons striking a camera sensor?
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Photon Standing Wave Phenomenon
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Simplest lens set up to reveal optical spectra of an object
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A question about discreteness of light
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Photons and transparency....who's right?
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Is there a medium in which sound travels faster than light?
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Why do different objects have different colors?
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How do two light beams combine at a shear angle?
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Does light bend due to gravitational tides?
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How do speed laser guns differentiate between two cars?
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Is comunication faster that light possible: yes( maybe )
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Speed of sound and light through different solutions
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Mass of Photon: Einstein's Energy-Mass Equivalence
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Dichroic mirrors that reflect two wavelengths
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Would synthesis of Acetylcholine make photons?
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I have a quick question about Photons
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Conservation of momentum in compton scattering
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Precession of an air rifle pellet in flight
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An Observation And A Question -- Why does metal arc in a microwave oven?
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Is Light exclusively an ionization process?
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What happens when monochromatic light travels for eternity?
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Gravitational Force and Light: Is There a Connection?
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Reflection of Electromagnetic Radiation in Dense Materials
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Group, phase and signal velocity of light
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Can a photon of light become a radio wave?
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Do virtual photons explain this phenomenon?
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Computer Simulation of Fresnel Diffraction
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Why does light slow down in a medium?
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Very Powerful Telescope to see 10 light years away at high resolution....
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Slight rearrangement of Newton's Law
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Sound Interference on a speaker
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How Do Longer UV Wavelengths Penetrate Deeper into Photopolymers?
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Understanding the Light Pattern of a Laser Through a Slit
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Crossed polarizers and F-Stop relationship
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Optics - Imaging from focal plane
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Odd Blinding blue light blinded me and 2 others - What is it
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Powell Lens Equations for Gaussian to Flat Top Beam Conversion
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Is Bragg Diffraction Depicted Accurately in Common Diagrams?
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How to Optimize Sound Reflection with Multiple Types of Reflectors?
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Photon Energy Stimulation of Atoms
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Why Does the Index of Refraction Vary by Light Color in Different Mediums?
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Please explain to me 'why' light is part defined by velocity
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Accuracy of an Optical Spectrum Analyzer (OSA)
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Photon Rocket vs Conventional Propellant Rocket
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Real World Applications of Optical Cavities: What Can They Be Used For?
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Bounce light back and forth between mirrors forever?
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Object Distance for Mirrors versus Lenses
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Calculating optical properties of an arbitrary gas?
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What is the relationship between light and time?
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Do parallel mirrors keep accelerating away from each other?
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Diffraction effects in slit experiments
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Lightning vs Hydrogen Fuel for Space Travel
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Light Bending: Why Don't Waves Bend at Normal Incidence?
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Does the speed of light remain constant in an expanding universe?
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Questions about Lock-in detection in optical reflectivity
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Modeling Converging Spherical Waves in Optics
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Approximation in understanding the speed of light
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How Does Changing Wavelength Affect the Central Peak in Single-Slit Diffraction?
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How do water waves and light waves propagate in different directions?
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Wavelength of light in relation to speed
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How to convert the intensity of light of a star
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Regarding Polarizer and viewing sun
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Sunlight Intensity Concentrator - Idea to boost solar energy
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Why does light refract toward the normal
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Constructive interference and energy conservation
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How shape of pattern affects the behaviour of light
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Ray Tracing - Optics - Bend light with circular lenses
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Confusion regarding Interference of light
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Light Refraction on the Surface of a Sphere
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Red/Blue laser intencity Youngs double slit experiment?
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Laser Field Explained - Understand What It Is
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Circular polarization and Read3D glasses
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Optical Adder Using 2 Lasers & Selectable Intensities
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Does light reach every single part of space?
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(laser ablation) what is difference between plume and plasma?
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Low tech telecommunications (light)
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How Does Light-Matter Interaction Challenge Classical and Quantum Views?
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Diffraction grating with high intensity in first order
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Why is a point light source required for Schlieren Photograph?
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Optics cornu spiral and diffraction
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How does light move in a vacuum?
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