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Light and time- what i think about it
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Why does light seem to defy time?
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What happens to energy after destructive interference of two waves?
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I was wondering something about diffraction
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Calculate how much radiant power goes through an optical system
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Laser Splitting: Get Help Developing a Device
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Lightning strikes - safe in car, but
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How do we see things that don't create photons?
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Light questions (not wave/particle duality)
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Question on light intensity at the focus of a lens.
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Basic Concepts & Applications of Photonics
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Can you reverse transform a thin film diffraction pattern?
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Microwaves - finding the wavelength
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SASER is the acoustic analog of a laser
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About too much light in a room
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Why the water waves bend in diffraction?
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Refraction, Why does the light re accelerate?
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Why Does Mixing Blue & Yellow Create Green?
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Why Does Diffraction Occur Even When Wavelength Exceeds Aperture Width?
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Forces affecting the path of a photon
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Deriving Power From Lightning - Is It Possible?
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Help with Mock Optics Experiment
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Can Pulse Laser Theory Unlock New Cutting Techniques Beyond 2 Inches?
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How do electrons travel in different mediums?
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Optics Specialist Needed for "Fluid Light-Pipe" Project
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Black holes 'attracting' light?
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Light in Non-Vacuum: Speed of Travel?
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Non-Linear Optics: American Approach for French Student
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Why Doesn't Incident Light Interfere with Reflected Light in a Mirror?
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Question: do e/b-fields effect light?
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What are the approximations made when applying the wave-equation to light waves?
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What happens when the source of light rays is a mirror?
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Laser intensity as a function of distance
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When a beam of light is passed through a polarizer, it is polarized in
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Question about reflecting sunlight off a mirror
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Another speed of light: the function followed.
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Can i use a prism to diffract(separate?) ultralight or microwaves
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Do concentrated forms of light, such as a laser, have mass?
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How does the curvature of the earth affect the speed of cell phone signals?
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Calc Angle of Refraction in Opaque Drinking Glass Problem
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Metals, X-rays, and plasma frequency
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Diffraction of Light: θ and λ Relationship
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Rayleigh Refractometer index of refraction
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Solid with Varying Refractive Index
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When light travels from a less optically dense medium
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Can I use inexpensive laser diodes to create white reflecting hologram ?
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How do Mirrors work on nano scales ?
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Light: Wave or Particle? - Reflection
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Sunlight Intensity: Measuring for Window Facing South
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Energy conservation in interference phenomenon
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Is Photon Mass Zero a Scientific Reality or a Misconception?
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A pyranometer, a device that measures sunlight intensity
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Photons have energy but zero mass?
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Laser Illuminocity changes with cavity length
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Polarizing Filters: Explaining the 45 Degrees Effect
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What's Wrong with Refractive Index Query? | Wikipedia
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Light always travels the fastest path right?
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Does perpendicular incident light slow down through glass?
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From FAQ: IS LIGHT A WAVE OR A PARTICLE?
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Relation between diffraction and wavelength
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Does Radio Wave Efficiency Improve During Nighttime Tropospheric Enhancement?
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How Small Can Mirrors Reflect in Recursive Reflection?
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Making hologram without optical table ?
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Max Magnification of a Object: Does Size Matter?
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What causes the streamers of light when squinting at a light source?
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Why is Direct Detection of Doppler Frequency Shift Impractical in Laser Doppler Anemometry?
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Speed for lightning and thunder
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What is the object distance for a concave mirror?
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Particles smaller than the wavelength of light
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Can I do this in my microwave?
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Scatter vs Diffusion: What’s the Difference?
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Shake Up Flashlights - Impressive Induced Current from Motion
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[optics] reflection and refraction
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You have a light bulb in the middle of a room and .
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Radio Wave Absorption: Formula & Pressure/Temp Dependence
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Ball lightning produced in lab?
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Make photons into some material?
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The early perception of light ?
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Increase N in Optical Fiber: Effects on Speed of Light
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What's the Difference Between Light and Magnetic Fields?
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What Are the Secrets Behind Light's Velocity and Its Physics?
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Where Can I Find Information About Lasers?
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Why do Military Installations Use Red Lighting?
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Sound pressure level magnitude question.
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Understanding Ultraviolet Light: The Blurry Edges Mystery Explained
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Light bending around neutron and bound photon
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Does light have weight and mass?
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Ultimate Guide to Mastering Ultrafast Laser Spectroscopy in Just 3 Months
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Optics: building a camera with quasi-hemispherical recording surface, what lens?
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Is a Radio Laser Possible Through Non-Linear Frequency Mixing?
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Richard Feynman Lectures on Light
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Problem related to engery of light
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Irrelevant to ask if speed of light changes?
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Understand what is polarization and why do we need it?
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How to calculate achievable flashlight beam divergence
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Speed of Light: Does It Change in Different Materials?
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Difference between two polarization directions
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What happens when you go faster then speed light
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Where Does Light Go When We Turn Off the Switch?
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Do Photons Have Mass When Moving Close to the Speed of Light?
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