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How do laser interferometers measure distances greater than 1wavelengt
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Conditions for Double-Slit Interference in Quantum Mechanics
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Light and Conservation of Energy
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Intensity of natural light after polarization
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Why do sparks radiate photons?
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Proof of E=h*f: Energy of Photons
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Relation for combination of two thick lenses
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Inmarsat analysis for missing flight MH370
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Time Domain (Oscilloscope) View of a Photon or Light Wave
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Matrix description of optical devices
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Converging/diverging lense/mirrors, object in different places, image?
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Why Does Light Change Its Path When Speed Alters in Different Media?
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Higher Order Diffraction: Why Do Colors Appear Different and Overlap?
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Index of refraction - gas density formula
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Can we create matter from light?
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[Thin-Film Optics] Incident white light to color
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Exploring Reflection Shifts in Beam Splitters
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Contributors to laser backscatter
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Single slit interference picture
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Building an Optical Transistor - Can it Work?
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Measuring Infrared Irradiance for Solar Research
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Why doesn't light cancel itself?
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Can Crystals Absorb X-rays and Gamma Rays to Emit RF for Movement Tracking?
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Question about Light/dark energy
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Why do we need to keep lights on?
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Diffraction grating interference
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Light through out the home without switch being on for all the time.
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X-Ray Burning Lens: Why Can't it Focus?
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Colours of Light: Wavelengths & Frequencies
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Laser facets reflectivity calculation from measured optical power
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Didn't Newton's corpuscular theory fail to explain reflection?
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Number of reflections in an Optical fibre
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Is Wavelength Doubling Laser a Real Technique?
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Why in Optics total internal reflection happens this way?
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I have a theory, optical physics related (pinhole optics)
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Difference between Aspherical Lenses types/materials
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Does focusing light with a lens create a light gradient?
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How fast does light travel when I turn on my lamp?
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Difference between polarization and phase
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Is Radio Wave Diffraction Causing Signal Fading While Driving in City Traffic?
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Photon Interactions with Matter: Explained
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Lots of questions about optics
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How red glass converts incedent light to red
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Path differences for constructive and destructive interference
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Can Atoms be Classified as Dipolar Substances?
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How the interference of light changes if there's a lens?
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What is the Path of Light through Strong Gravity?
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Emergent Properties-When is the Superposition Principle Inadequate
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Converging Lasers of Different Wavelengths
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Three Models of Light: Definition & Use
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Detecting Burned/Distorted Fibers with a Handheld Microscope
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Fibre optics for use in lighting?
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Does light bend around objects? (Not by gravity or diffraction)
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High pressure tungsten incandescent light bulbs?
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Advice on buying a laser for 3D modeling
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Sound diffraction around obstacles; low and high frequencies
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Optics: Why not polished surfaces reflect less than polished ones?
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Coherence - A Must for Interference?
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Optical trapping of non-spherical particles
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Transmission of light and velocity of light
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The Double Slit Interference: How does it relate to the definition of coherence?
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Angular Velocity of a source of light
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The Effect of Gravity on Photons
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Is the Classical Wave Explanation of Light Still Relevant in Modern Physics?
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Do all forms of energy behave like light?
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Conversion of Light energy to Sound energy
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Can we produce a white laser from a visible light spectrum?
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How do different materials interact with light?
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Do Spectral Reflectance Curves Change with Different Surrounding Media?
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Scattering force in optical trapping
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Eikonal equation and trajectory of a ray of light
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A Snapshot in Time of a Photon
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Begineers' books on Photonic Stuctures/ Crystals
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Is this representation of a photon correct
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Compton scattering and momentum
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Calculating Light Intensity in Diffraction Orders
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Single Slit Diffraction effects
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Difference between physical reach and logical reach of fibre optic
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Explaining the Lens Equation: Why h' & h Positive, s' Negative & s Positive?
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Race of Light Rays in Vacuum and Water: Winner or Tie?
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Focused diffraction and Fourier transform
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Frustrated total internal reflection: Where does energy come from?
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How does the wavelength of a water wave affect diffraction?
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Diffraction Orders: Tilted Light Arrays & Incident Lights
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Does optical switch have another name?
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Optics: white object reflection properties
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Focusing laser beams with concave and convex lenses
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How to differentiate between refraction and diffraction of waves?
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Monochromatic light vs Laser - Young's double slit
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What are Fourier transforms of optics?
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Radio waves emitted by an inductively coupled power transfer system
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What is causing a green light to appear when shining a UV laser through glass?
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LW Infrared Trasmissivity of Air
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How Short Can a Wave of Light Be?
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