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Undergrad Wavelength and Image Resolution
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Undergrad Why aren't all insulators transparent?
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Undergrad Microwave ovens vs. cordless phones
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Graduate Energy Destruction: Interference Explained
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Undergrad Persistence of Vision: Intensity of Green Circle?
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High School What causes the faint blue light when peeling off elastic tape in a dark room?
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Undergrad Diffraction effects and wavelengths
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Graduate Thin Film Interference problem
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Undergrad How do two waves travel through eachother, coming out unchanged?
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Graduate Gravity's Pull on Photons: Explained
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Undergrad Question about the speed of light
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Graduate Can a Beam Condenser Focus a Laser to 0.048mm for Wave Measurement?
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Undergrad Help with single slit diffraction (fraunhoffer)
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Undergrad Understanding Thomson Scattering for Non-Experts
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Undergrad Help with single slit diffraction (fraunhoffer)
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High School What Causes the Distortion of Light During Heatwaves?
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Undergrad Absorption of Light and Energy Conservation
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Undergrad Double slit results that I can't explain, help
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Undergrad Increase Visible Light from Incandescent Bulbs: Benefits & Challenges
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Graduate Understanding the Atomic Mechanisms Behind Light Deflection in Mirrors
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Graduate Find Wavelength: Help Solving Refractive Index & Plasma Freq.
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High School What Is a Wood's Replica Grating and How Was It Used in Optics?
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Undergrad How come no interferance takes place
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Undergrad Optical computers and the speed of light
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High School Calculating Light Level at a Point
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High School What is the significance of a 5.0 mW Point Light Source?
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High School How Light Sensors Work: Explained in Detail
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Undergrad Does the Energy of Laser Depend on Wavelength or Photon?
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Graduate What is Optical Parametric Generation and its Applications?
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Graduate How does Fermat's principle explain the shape of a lens in Feynman's derivation?
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Graduate Answer: Destructive Interference of Light: Where Does Energy Go?
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Graduate Single-slit diffraction and wave nature of light
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Undergrad Nature of photons presented in high school text books
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Undergrad What is the Relationship Between Intensity (I) and Power (P) of Light?
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High School Hugen's Principle Explained: A Beginner's Guide
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Graduate Young's Double slit Experiment
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Undergrad How do I accurately measure the size of an object using CCTV lenses?
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Graduate How Does the Envelope of a Light Wavepacket Change at a Media Interface?
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Graduate Deconvolution of Spectra for Near-Infrared Astronomical Instruments
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Is the Height of Light Quantifiable?
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Graduate Why does Fresnel's law only use 2 boundary conditions compared to Maxwell's 4?
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Undergrad What Are the Differences Between Nits, Lumen, Lux, and Candela?
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Graduate Understanding the Refractive Index in QED by Feynman
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Undergrad How Do Mirrors and Non-Metallic Surfaces Reflect Light?
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High School Who Specializes in Infrared Technology (IR LED Diodes)?
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Graduate Does Light Have Mass and Can It Travel at Light Speed?
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High School Why Does Blue Light Bend More than Red Light Through a Prism?
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Graduate How Do Radio Receivers Isolate Specific Frequencies from a Combined Signal?
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High School I want to ask you about exam questions about wave and light
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Graduate Mysteries of the Photon: Lamb Shift
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Graduate How Does the Optico-Mechanical Analogy Explain Light Behavior in Physics?
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Undergrad Single slit diffraction bright fringe's width
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Graduate Light Going Backwards: Explained by Rochester
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High School Measuring Intensity of Sources of Light
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Where can i find a page to get laser simulations or laser models?
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Undergrad Increasing efficiency of PV cell
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High School Utterly Noob ? What happens to light?
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Undergrad Error measurement in time of flight tests
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High School Gravity: Is the Earth Moving Towards You?
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Graduate Incandescent light clarification
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Undergrad Concept behind levitating object mirage
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Undergrad Is Diffraction a Result of Wavefront Evolution?
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Undergrad Diffraction and double slit interference
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Graduate Understanding Wave Impedence: When \eta < \eta_0
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Latest Advances in Solving This Problem
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Graduate Single slit diffraction concept issue
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Undergrad How Do Scientists Know Light from Distant Heavenly Bodies Isn't a Reflection?
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Graduate Can Circularly Polarized Light Maintain Its Polarization After Reflection?
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High School Why Can't You See Your Reflection on Notebook Paper? The Science Behind It
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High School Speed of Light = 12000 Lunar Orbits/Earth Day ?
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Undergrad What Is the Physics Behind White Light and Color Mixing?
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Graduate Materials that produce Diffuse Acoustic Reflections
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Graduate What is the Relation Between Velocity and Complex Refractive Index?
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Graduate Laser-Ionosphere Interaction: A Possibility?
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Graduate Where is the energy when two photons superimpose?
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Undergrad What is the space between two consecutive grooves on the CD
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Undergrad Sending InfraRed Signal to RS 232: Circuit Requirements
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Undergrad Refraction of Light: Energy Source Puzzle
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High School Light through difrent substances
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Undergrad How Does Light Behave According to Newton's Third Law?
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Graduate Polarization Ellipse: Understanding 2*Psi Angle
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High School Why Does Passing Current Heat Wolfram Filament in Light Bulb?
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Graduate Can anyone explain the unusual energy losses in my UV-laser mirror setup?
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High School Simple Solar Project: DIY Reflector & Lens Under $10
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High School Difference between flame and light
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Graduate Why does the sum of incoherent light sources result in non-zero intensity?
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Graduate How Much Oxygen Is Needed for Light Bulb Filament Oxidation in a Fire?
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Undergrad How does water vapor affect the expansion of butane in a lighter?
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Undergrad Speed of Light: Can We Go Faster?
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Undergrad Light Waves: Mixing & Properties Explained
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High School Experiment with Interesting Light Wave Properties
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Optics-Interferences in light's wave
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High School Is Fluorescent Lighting Polarized?
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High School Is Light Considered Matter in Physics?
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High School Can Light Particles Propel Spacecraft to the Speed of Light?
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High School How do I create a ray diagram for refraction using a beaker and pencil?
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High School What is Polarization? - Electric Field & EM Wave
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Undergrad How Does Refractive Index Measurement Help in Determining Sugar Concentration?
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Graduate Superposition of two waves and infinitely many waves?
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High School How Does Light Absorption Affect the Color of Substances?
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