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Undergrad Mirrors, Atoms and Light Question

May 10, 2010 · Replies 8 · May 14, 2010

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Undergrad Red vs. Microwave/Green Light: Diffraction Patterns

May 14, 2010 · Replies 1 · May 14, 2010

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Undergrad Does Polarization Cause Discontinuous EM Waves?

May 13, 2010 · Replies 3 · May 13, 2010

Replies: 3

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Graduate Real component of the wavelength of microwaves in copper

May 12, 2010 · Replies 1 · May 12, 2010

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High School Wave freq vs freq of its oscillating source

May 12, 2010 · Replies 2 · May 12, 2010

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Graduate Diffraction and Huygens sources

May 11, 2010 · Replies 1 · May 12, 2010

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Undergrad Calculating EFL of a Three Lens System

May 11, 2010 · Replies 1 · May 11, 2010

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High School Basic Question About How Matter Absorbs Light

May 10, 2010 · Replies 15 · May 11, 2010

Replies: 15

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Graduate Mie theory azimuthal ange independance

May 10, 2010 · Replies 2 · May 10, 2010

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Undergrad Combination/Convergence of Laser Beams On A Singular Focal Point

May 8, 2010 · Replies 1 · May 8, 2010

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Undergrad Refraction Defraction Reflection

May 6, 2010 · Replies 3 · May 7, 2010

Replies: 3

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High School Ray Tracing Rules: Concave & Convex Lenses & Mirrors

May 6, 2010 · Replies 1 · May 6, 2010

Replies: 1

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High School Understand 3D Films: Learn About the Principle of Polarization

May 1, 2010 · Replies 32 · May 6, 2010

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Undergrad Why stars blink and planets don't

May 6, 2010 · Replies 3 · May 6, 2010

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Undergrad How Does Malus's Law Apply to Light Intensity with Three Polarizers?

May 6, 2010 · Replies 2 · May 6, 2010

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Undergrad Why do we divide the slit into halves in single-slit diffraction?

May 2, 2010 · Replies 10 · May 5, 2010

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Graduate Difference between Material dispersion and waveguide dispersion?

May 4, 2010 · Replies 1 · May 4, 2010

Replies: 1

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Graduate Speed of Light Thought Experiment

May 1, 2010 · Replies 5 · May 1, 2010

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Graduate S vs P Polarization: Explaining Ex Component

Apr 29, 2010 · Replies 4 · Apr 30, 2010

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Undergrad Atomically flat vs Optically flat

Apr 29, 2010 · Replies 3 · Apr 30, 2010

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Undergrad Two Parallel Beams of Light Pass Each Other At What Speed?

Apr 28, 2010 · Replies 7 · Apr 29, 2010

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High School Light & Radiation: The Curious Idiot

Apr 28, 2010 · Replies 5 · Apr 28, 2010

Replies: 5

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Undergrad What is Light? Understanding the Electromagnetic Radiation and Energy of Photons

Apr 26, 2010 · Replies 6 · Apr 28, 2010

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Graduate Help & advice need on how fs laser beam propergate in glass

Apr 26, 2010 · Replies 3 · Apr 28, 2010

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High School Solving the Mystery of Microwave Phenomenon

Apr 27, 2010 · Replies 3 · Apr 27, 2010

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High School Why does looking at things from a small hole make it more clear?

Apr 26, 2010 · Replies 10 · Apr 26, 2010

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Graduate The title could be: How Do Colors Appear on a Birefringence Chart?

Apr 25, 2010 · Replies 3 · Apr 26, 2010

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Undergrad How do polarizing filters work

Apr 25, 2010 · Replies 1 · Apr 25, 2010

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Undergrad Light Polarization: Does Scattering Split Light?

Apr 25, 2010 · Replies 1 · Apr 25, 2010

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Undergrad Double slit diffraction maxima

Apr 25, 2010 · Replies 2 · Apr 25, 2010

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High School How Does Burning Fuel Produce Light?

Apr 23, 2010 · Replies 4 · Apr 25, 2010

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High School Understanding Light: Electric and Magnetic Fields Explained

Apr 23, 2010 · Replies 14 · Apr 25, 2010

Replies: 14

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Undergrad Can our eyesight framerate capability be improved through reverse magnification?

Apr 21, 2010 · Replies 6 · Apr 24, 2010

Replies: 6

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Undergrad Why Do Diverging Lenses Always Produce Shrunken Images?

Apr 24, 2010 · Replies 1 · Apr 24, 2010

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Undergrad Light Production: Questions & Answers

Apr 24, 2010 · Replies 1 · Apr 24, 2010

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Graduate Fresnel equations and energy ratios

Apr 21, 2010 · Replies 5 · Apr 23, 2010

Replies: 5

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Undergrad Confused About Light? Get Answers Here!

Apr 22, 2010 · Replies 3 · Apr 22, 2010

Replies: 3

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High School What is the microwave auditory effect and how is it possible?

Apr 20, 2010 · Replies 1 · Apr 21, 2010

Replies: 1

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Graduate Microscope field of view & depth of field/focus (confocal microscopy)

Apr 21, 2010 · Replies 2 · Apr 21, 2010

Replies: 2

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Graduate Light as a wave, frequency question

Apr 19, 2010 · Replies 6 · Apr 20, 2010

Replies: 6

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Graduate HOW do radio waves form at the subatomic level?

Apr 10, 2010 · Replies 40 · Apr 19, 2010

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Undergrad Why is a rough surface a good absorber and radiator of infrared?

Apr 17, 2010 · Replies 2 · Apr 17, 2010

Replies: 2

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High School Why Does Light Reflect Off a Mirror at the Same Angle It Hits?

Apr 15, 2010 · Replies 14 · Apr 17, 2010

Replies: 14

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Rediculous questions on light speed

Dec 4, 2009 · Replies 19 · Apr 17, 2010

Replies: 19

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Undergrad Inductive interference from two EM coils (aka a transformer)

Apr 17, 2010 · Replies 1 · Apr 17, 2010

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Undergrad Using the formula 1/f = 1/object distance + 1/image distance, in the

Apr 16, 2010 · Replies 1 · Apr 16, 2010

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Undergrad Does typical Sun Light usually contain all EM spectrum?

Apr 16, 2010 · Replies 2 · Apr 16, 2010

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Undergrad Circuit questions (polarity and LEDs)

Apr 14, 2010 · Replies 15 · Apr 16, 2010

Replies: 15

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High School =Which Color is Brightest: Red, Green, or Blue Light?

Apr 14, 2010 · Replies 3 · Apr 14, 2010

Replies: 3

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Graduate Depth of Field needed for Fraunhofer Pattern

Apr 14, 2010 · Replies 1 · Apr 14, 2010

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Graduate Fabry Perot Cavity - phase difference?

Apr 13, 2010 · Replies 1 · Apr 13, 2010

Replies: 1

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Graduate Using young's double slit experiment

Apr 13, 2010 · Replies 6 · Apr 13, 2010

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Undergrad Understanding Anti-Reflective Coatings: How Do They Work?

Aug 11, 2005 · Replies 17 · Apr 13, 2010

Replies: 17

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Undergrad "Investigating the Speed of Reflections in Mirrors"

Apr 10, 2010 · Replies 17 · Apr 12, 2010

Replies: 17

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High School Light Reflection: 2 Mirrors 10ft Apart - 98M Reflections/sec?

Apr 12, 2010 · Replies 2 · Apr 12, 2010

Replies: 2

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Undergrad Wave Nature of Light of Minerals

Apr 11, 2010 · Replies 2 · Apr 11, 2010

Replies: 2

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Graduate Gravity Goes Faster Than Light?

Apr 11, 2010 · Replies 3 · Apr 11, 2010

Replies: 3

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High School Difference between the spectra obtained through prism and grating?

Apr 10, 2010 · Replies 3 · Apr 11, 2010

Replies: 3

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Graduate Can Light Erode Matter? Understanding the Impact of Photons on Diamonds

Apr 10, 2010 · Replies 1 · Apr 10, 2010

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Undergrad Visible Light: Beyond 400-800nm?

Apr 10, 2010 · Replies 2 · Apr 10, 2010

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Graduate Theoretical problems with relativistic space flight

Apr 2, 2010 · Replies 14 · Apr 10, 2010

Replies: 14

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Graduate Double-slit diffraction with UNEQUAL source amplitude

Apr 8, 2010 · Replies 3 · Apr 9, 2010

Replies: 3

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Graduate Speed of light in and out of vacuum

Apr 9, 2010 · Replies 2 · Apr 9, 2010

Replies: 2

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Graduate What Are the Spectral Lines of Glass and How Do They Affect Light Transmission?

Apr 8, 2010 · Replies 2 · Apr 9, 2010

Replies: 2

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Graduate Constancy of light? Why the fuss?

Apr 8, 2010 · Replies 1 · Apr 8, 2010

Replies: 1

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Graduate What Causes Violation of Snell's Law in Linear Birefringent Crystals?

Apr 5, 2010 · Replies 5 · Apr 8, 2010

Replies: 5

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Undergrad Accelerating to the Speed of Light

Apr 6, 2010 · Replies 14 · Apr 7, 2010

Replies: 14

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High School Photon refers to radio waves or not?

Feb 27, 2010 · Replies 5 · Apr 7, 2010

Replies: 5

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Undergrad How come a light bulb does not explode?

Apr 6, 2010 · Replies 6 · Apr 6, 2010

Replies: 6

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Undergrad Why doesn't centripetal force change the magnitude of speed

Apr 6, 2010 · Replies 15 · Apr 6, 2010

Replies: 15

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Undergrad Wave Vector Direction: Explained

Apr 6, 2010 · Replies 5 · Apr 6, 2010

Replies: 5

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Graduate Single Slit (Fraunhoffer) Diffraction Question

Apr 6, 2010 · Replies 1 · Apr 6, 2010

Replies: 1

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High School To the nearest order of magnitude.

Apr 3, 2010 · Replies 6 · Apr 5, 2010

Replies: 6

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Undergrad Diffraction of a Laser: Uncovering the Mystery

Apr 4, 2010 · Replies 3 · Apr 4, 2010

Replies: 3

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Undergrad Doppler effect to distance without using time-of-flight; can this be done?

Apr 2, 2010 · Replies 8 · Apr 4, 2010

Replies: 8

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Undergrad Exploring the Relationship Between Ellipse & Sphere's Radius in Cone of Light

Apr 4, 2010 · Replies 1 · Apr 4, 2010

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Graduate Can Matter Become More Charged as Bosons?

Mar 30, 2010 · Replies 9 · Apr 2, 2010

Replies: 9

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Graduate Light traveling at light speed

Mar 31, 2010 · Replies 2 · Apr 1, 2010

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Undergrad Coherency between two waves is that their mutual phase difference

Mar 31, 2010 · Replies 6 · Apr 1, 2010

Replies: 6

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Graduate Microscopic reason why refractive index typically increases with frequency?

Mar 29, 2010 · Replies 4 · Apr 1, 2010

Replies: 4

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Undergrad Converging Lenses and Magnification

Mar 31, 2010 · Replies 1 · Mar 31, 2010

Replies: 1

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Undergrad What is the nature of refraction ?

Mar 29, 2010 · Replies 5 · Mar 30, 2010

Replies: 5

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Graduate How does top-spin effect a tennis ball's flight?

Mar 27, 2010 · Replies 7 · Mar 30, 2010

Replies: 7

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Graduate Cosmological redshift and photon energy loss in SR

Mar 29, 2010 · Replies 2 · Mar 30, 2010

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Graduate Optics: Anomalous Dispersion & Absorption Explained

Mar 29, 2010 · Replies 3 · Mar 29, 2010

Replies: 3

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Graduate Understanding Phase Difference in Birefringent Materials

Mar 21, 2010 · Replies 6 · Mar 29, 2010

Replies: 6

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Undergrad Physics of Pointed vs. Rounded Lightning Rods

Apr 28, 2009 · Replies 5 · Mar 29, 2010

Replies: 5

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Graduate Work required to move photons?

Mar 27, 2010 · Replies 2 · Mar 28, 2010

Replies: 2

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High School Why Can't You See Light Between the Earth and the Sun from the Moon?

Mar 19, 2010 · Replies 7 · Mar 28, 2010

Replies: 7

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Graduate Can Light Ever Travel Faster Than the Speed of C?

Mar 25, 2010 · Replies 17 · Mar 27, 2010

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Graduate Converting 60KG into Light: Calculating Energy in Terms of Kilotons of TNT

Mar 24, 2010 · Replies 15 · Mar 25, 2010

Replies: 15

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High School A few really quick questions about light from a physics noob.

Mar 24, 2010 · Replies 2 · Mar 25, 2010

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Undergrad Can Orange Light Bulbs Effectively Filter Out 99% of Blue Light?

Mar 24, 2010 · Replies 3 · Mar 24, 2010

Replies: 3

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Undergrad Optics-maximum lens resolution and difraction limit

Mar 18, 2010 · Replies 19 · Mar 24, 2010

Replies: 19

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High School The Mystery of White Light from the Sun

Mar 22, 2010 · Replies 15 · Mar 23, 2010

Replies: 15

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Undergrad How does Wavefront technology used in optics work?

Mar 23, 2010 · Replies 2 · Mar 23, 2010

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Undergrad Why do Newton Rings Form in Circular Patterns?

Mar 23, 2010 · Replies 2 · Mar 23, 2010

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Undergrad Why does long wavelength infrared not penetrate glass?

Mar 21, 2010 · Replies 5 · Mar 23, 2010

Replies: 5

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Undergrad Question about wire-grid polarizers

Mar 21, 2010 · Replies 3 · Mar 21, 2010

Replies: 3

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Graduate Derivation of Snell's law from Huygens' principle

Mar 20, 2010 · Replies 7 · Mar 21, 2010

Replies: 7

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