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    Calculating Third-Order Maximum Angle for Grating

    Homework Statement A grating has exactly 7000 lines uniformly spaced over 2.67 cm and is illuminated by light from a mercury vapor discharge lamp. What is the expected angle for the third-order maximum of the green line ( = 546 nm)? Homework Equations ? The Attempt at a Solution...
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    Double Slit Interference and linear distance

    Homework Statement In a double-slit interference experiment, the wavelength is 579 nm, the slit separation is 0.12 mm, and the screen is 30.0 cm away from the slits. What is the linear distance between adjacent maxima on the screen? [Hint: Assume the small angle approximation is justified and...
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    Find Optimal Wavelength for Thin Film Camera Lens Coated with Magnesium Fluoride

    Homework Statement A camera lens (n = 1.90) is coated with a thin film of magnesium fluoride (n = 1.40) of thickness 90.0 nm. What wavelength in the visible spectrum is most strongly transmitted through the film? Homework Equations ? The Attempt at a Solution I have no idea...
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    "Intensity of Incoherent EM Waves

    Homework Statement Two incoherent EM waves of intensities 7I0 and 13I0 travel in the same direction in the same region of space. What is the intensity of EM radiation in this region? Homework Equations The Attempt at a Solution I have tried using I = I1 + I2 + ( 2* square root of...