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Can Two Violins Create Perfect Harmony Without Destructive Interference?
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Bernoulli's equation and high velocity flights
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How does a homopolar motor work?
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Optical Modeling Software for Refraction, Focusing & Wavelength Dependence
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Scattering of Light: Definition & Explanation
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Light Interference: Lasers & Electrons
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Single and double slit diffraction formulae
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Unraveling the Mystery of Concave Mirrors: Understanding Inverted Virtual Images
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Speed of light through a prism
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Does the frequency of light changes when it go through a prism
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Does Compton Scattering Have No Effect on Electron Energy and Velocity?
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Why is it that diffraction is greatest when slit is close to size of wavelength?
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Mirrors, Atoms and Light Question
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Does Polarization Cause Discontinuous EM Waves?
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Real component of the wavelength of microwaves in copper
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Diffraction and Huygens sources
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Calculating EFL of a Three Lens System
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Basic Question About How Matter Absorbs Light
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Combination/Convergence of Laser Beams On A Singular Focal Point
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Refraction Defraction Reflection
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How Does Malus's Law Apply to Light Intensity with Three Polarizers?
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Why do we divide the slit into halves in single-slit diffraction?
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Speed of Light Thought Experiment
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S vs P Polarization: Explaining Ex Component
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Atomically flat vs Optically flat
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Two Parallel Beams of Light Pass Each Other At What Speed?
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Light & Radiation: The Curious Idiot
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What is Light? Understanding the Electromagnetic Radiation and Energy of Photons
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Help & advice need on how fs laser beam propergate in glass
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Solving the Mystery of Microwave Phenomenon
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How do polarizing filters work
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Light Polarization: Does Scattering Split Light?
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Double slit diffraction maxima
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How Does Burning Fuel Produce Light?
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Understanding Light: Electric and Magnetic Fields Explained
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Can our eyesight framerate capability be improved through reverse magnification?
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Why Do Diverging Lenses Always Produce Shrunken Images?
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Light Production: Questions & Answers
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Confused About Light? Get Answers Here!
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What is the microwave auditory effect and how is it possible?
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Light as a wave, frequency question
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HOW do radio waves form at the subatomic level?
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Why is a rough surface a good absorber and radiator of infrared?
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Why Does Light Reflect Off a Mirror at the Same Angle It Hits?
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Rediculous questions on light speed
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Inductive interference from two EM coils (aka a transformer)
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Does typical Sun Light usually contain all EM spectrum?
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Circuit questions (polarity and LEDs)
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=Which Color is Brightest: Red, Green, or Blue Light?
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Understanding Anti-Reflective Coatings: How Do They Work?
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"Investigating the Speed of Reflections in Mirrors"
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Light Reflection: 2 Mirrors 10ft Apart - 98M Reflections/sec?
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Wave Nature of Light of Minerals
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Gravity Goes Faster Than Light?
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Can Light Erode Matter? Understanding the Impact of Photons on Diamonds
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Theoretical problems with relativistic space flight
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Double-slit diffraction with UNEQUAL source amplitude
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Speed of light in and out of vacuum
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What Are the Spectral Lines of Glass and How Do They Affect Light Transmission?
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Constancy of light? Why the fuss?
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What Causes Violation of Snell's Law in Linear Birefringent Crystals?
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Accelerating to the Speed of Light
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Photon refers to radio waves or not?
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How come a light bulb does not explode?
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Why doesn't centripetal force change the magnitude of speed
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Single Slit (Fraunhoffer) Diffraction Question
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To the nearest order of magnitude.
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Diffraction of a Laser: Uncovering the Mystery
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Doppler effect to distance without using time-of-flight; can this be done?
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Can Matter Become More Charged as Bosons?
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Light traveling at light speed
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Microscopic reason why refractive index typically increases with frequency?
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Converging Lenses and Magnification
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What is the nature of refraction ?
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How does top-spin effect a tennis ball's flight?
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Cosmological redshift and photon energy loss in SR
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Optics: Anomalous Dispersion & Absorption Explained
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Understanding Phase Difference in Birefringent Materials
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Physics of Pointed vs. Rounded Lightning Rods
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Work required to move photons?
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Why Can't You See Light Between the Earth and the Sun from the Moon?
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Can Light Ever Travel Faster Than the Speed of C?
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Converting 60KG into Light: Calculating Energy in Terms of Kilotons of TNT
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A few really quick questions about light from a physics noob.
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Can Orange Light Bulbs Effectively Filter Out 99% of Blue Light?
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Optics-maximum lens resolution and difraction limit
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The Mystery of White Light from the Sun
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How does Wavefront technology used in optics work?
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Why does long wavelength infrared not penetrate glass?
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Question about wire-grid polarizers
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Derivation of Snell's law from Huygens' principle
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Mobile 'Lights': Impact on Signal Strength?
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Lightbulb Differences: Investigating Unusual Outcomes
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What Initiates the Propagation of Light in Maxwell's Equations?
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Force carrier particles i.e. gravitons, photons
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Mobile phone user hit by lightning
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