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Differential Cross-Section: What is it and Why Does it Matter?
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Force of gravity between photon and earth
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Optics Equation: What Assumptions Lead to n1f1=-n2f2?
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Lens can focus the light to a smaller spot by ?
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Prove how focus of a spherical mirror = Radius of curvature/2
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What Are the Latest Laser Cooling Techniques for Nd:YAG Lasers?
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Angle Of Deviation - An Optics Problem, help needed in optics
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Why is visible light invisible?
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Wave Polarization: Can EM Wave Be Circular & Horiz?
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How far does red light travel.
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[Q] The way of phase shifting of reflection light
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Experimenting the Speed of Light with Optical Fibers
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Shadow Edge in Vacuum: Intensity & Wavelength
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Understand Cylindrical Lens Imaging & Refs
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Knowing the frequency of light
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Huygens-Fresnel principle and Diffraction
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Rutherford Scattering in Landau book
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What Are the Key Flight Formulas and Forces Affecting Aircraft Stability?
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Does a Photon Change Speed When Hitting an Electron?
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Endless Light: A Look Into the Sphere of One Way Mirrors
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What is the process of photon emission in atoms?
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Why does Gravity affects Light?
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Optical/Observational Perspective Question
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Why do light bulbs don't explode?
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Would love some clarification with optics
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Question About Light and Nearsightedness
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Optical light transmission through a coating
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Diffraction of water wave vs diffraction of light wave
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Reflectance to Status A Density; How to convert?
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How Do Polarizations Interfere in a Sagnac Interferometer?
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Do light waves change over distance within a vacuum?
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Judging distance of a light source
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Why Does a Projected Black Background Not Make a White Screen Look Black?
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Light & Mirrors: What's Reflected & Absorbed?
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Can Light and Gravity Cause a Scale to Register Weight?
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Diffraction grating for astronomy?
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Light Physics Basics: Questions & Answers for Beginners
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Light used to capture anti-matter
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Why is the speed of light defined as C in our universe?
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Understanding the Doppler Effect of Light: How Speed Impacts Color Perception
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Most Powerful Continuous Laser
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Optimizing Lead Shielding for Gamma Radiation Protection
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Can we power a light bulb with positrons?
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How Does Light Interact with Different Media According to Quantum Mechanics?
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Does the concept of force apply to photons without a measurable mass?
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Why does total internal reflection happen in glass?
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Earnshaw's Theorem and a photon
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Optics, lenses, and light reflection
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Matter @ speed of light and e=mc^2
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Does speed of light also mean strength of light?
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What is a Diffraction Limited Spot in Fluorescent Molecule Imaging?
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(distance)(speed of light)^2 = speed of time with units
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Why can't we see the image in perpendicular light?
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Photon Guns: Is It Possible to Shoot One Photon at a Time?
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How many materials follows TOTAL INTERNLAL REFLECTION
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Understanding Path Difference in Convex Lenses
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Optics - combination of thin lenses
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One question about a photon and another about light
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Burning Bushes: The Science Behind Water Droplets and Fire Ignition
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Lighting up a fluorescent lamp with a Van De Graaf generator
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Is It Possible for Anything to Truly Move at the Speed of Light?
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Can we travel over light speed?
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Why Is Huygens Construction Not Used for Double Slit Diffraction?
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Optical Ray Tracing - "Y N U" Method & Aperture Stops
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Can an airplane land over another one both in flight?
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How Does Energy Flow Differ from Light Propagation in Anisotropic Media?
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Constant Light without a source?
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Properties of Photons: Light Source, Observers & Gaps
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Understanding Light Slowing in a Medium
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Understanding the Creation of Photons by Electrons in Red LEDs
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Why does refraction occur differently in certain situations?
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How does a photon actually carry an image
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Are there commercially bought materials to make a laser?
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What is the role of photons in the weight and force of the universe?
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What is this instrument called? - Photoptics
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Can Lightning Travel Through a Vacuum?
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Why Does a Polarizing Filter Transmit 50% of Unpolarized Light Intensity?
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What Are the Secrets Behind Photon Behavior and Speed?
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Can lightning be captured in different colors through photography techniques?
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What Determines the Transparency of Materials to Light?
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Diffraction pattern and Fourier Transform
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Polarisation & LCDs: How Does Darkening On Turn On Work?
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Does sound affect light in different mediums?
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Is the Inside of the Eye Filled with Oxygen or Something Else?
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Create Laser Line Effect Using Prisms and a Torch
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Geometric optics - why pinhole bends rays like lens
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Depolarizing and source linewidths
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Can Diffraction Occur with Significantly Narrower Apertures?
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Geometric optics - why inverted image from thin lens
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Mystery of the Microwave Bugs: How Do They Survive?
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How long to turn off fluorescent lights?
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Can a Raser Amplify Radioactive Rays Like a Laser?
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Speed of force > speed of light.
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Photon absorbing cloaking device
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I'm new to optics: on lens please
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Why Are Only He Atoms Excited in He-Ne Lasers?
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How do the intensities change when using a polarization beam splitter?
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Gravity and Light: Questions Explored
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Can You Survive Traveling at the Speed of Light?
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Can You See Torch Light in Space?
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