Wavelenght Definition and 41 Threads

Hello everybody, I would love some help on the following; I have a spectral date (As image 1 below) formed by the wavelength, refraction index and the absorption coefficient. Is there any way to relate this spectral date to a dominant wavelength? or in a few words extract the color from this...

Hello! My question is this: At which wavelength do we observe ionized gas? My understanding is this: An ionized gas is basically a soup of particles flying around, because of the extreme temperatures (plasma?). So if we have particles moving around with such high velocities, I would expect to...

Is there a limit on the minimum diameter that a collimated electromagnetic beam must have (lasers or masers), in terms of its wavelength, or it is possible to create a beam with its diameter smaller than its wavelength? I'm considering a colimated planar wave directly from the source, and not...

Homework Statement Wave problem Given data : f = 20 Hz y0 = 0.005 m t = 0.1 s x = 0.4 m1. The end portions of stretched string oscillates in the transverse direction with a frequency of 20 Hz and an amplitude of 0.005 m. Wave , which travels along the string, made in 0.1 second, 0.4 m long...

Why do radio waves pass through walls while visible light can't? I guess this has something to do wit the wavelength. What I know is that higher wavelength means higher ability of penetration. So why radio waves penetrate obstacles?

Homework Statement In a Franck-Hertz experiment carried out with potassium vapour, it is found that the current falls off rapidly at an applied voltage of 1.62V. Calculate the wavelength of the expected spectral line in the emission spectrum of potassium when this voltage is reached. Homework...

Homework Statement Light of wavelenghs 4.80x10^2 nm and 632nm passes through two slits 0.52 mm apart. How far apart are the second-order fringes on a screen 1.6m away? λ₁ = 4.80x10^2 nm = 4.80x10^-7m λ₂ = 6.32x10^-7m d = 0.52mm = 5.2x10^-4m n = 2 L = 1.6 Homework Equations (Maxima/Bright)...

In the visible spectrum VIBGYOR, there is no black colour.So, what do we percieve as 'black' ? Another of my queries is that when dispersion takes place there is a change in wavelength but not so in case of frequency. But they are related inversely. So, why does this happen?

Homework Statement Hi guys, I have this exercise and I m confused. Incident (white light) light ray is perpendicular to glass surface , glass plate is 0,4microm thick. Which wavelengths in reflected ray becomes more intense? Homework EquationsThe Attempt at a Solution So i know that light is...

I'm doing a high school paper on the effects of frequency alterations on a radar image. Can someone recommend a book which I can use?

Homework Statement 1. The distance between the 1st bright fringle and the 21st bright fringe in a Young's double slit arrangement was found to be 2.7 mm. The slit separation was 1 mm and the distance from the slits to the plane of the fringes was 25 cm. What was the wavelength of the light...

The Gluones qualities are similler to the photones by the fact that both of them have a state mass of zero and dual wave-particle behavior.. My question is what the range of the wavelengthes of the Gluons in the nucleons and in another barions?

Homework Statement Two slits are separated by a distance of 4.40x10-6m and illuminated with two monochromatic light sources with wave lengths of 600nm (red) and 400nm (violet). The mr bright fringe of the red light coincides with the mv bright fringe of the violet light. What are the lowest...

Homework Statement The half wavelength "dipole" loop roof television antenna is most sensitive to electromagnetic waves with a wavelength twice the width of the antenna. The frequency of the waves for TV channel 10 is 200 MHz. If you want to optimize the TV reception for channel 10, how wide...

Hi! I just can't figure this out. A 3m long spring makes transverse waves with a 2,5 Hz frequency. What is the wavelength? I don't even know where to start, because in out incredible small physics course, we never learned this. :)

what is the shortest and longest wavelenght that has experimentally observed for a black body? Additoinally what are the theoretical limits? I know it's a hard one,

Let's say I irradiate a sample that has an absorbance β with light of a wavelenght λ[SIZE="1"]1. Is there a way to relate the initial λ[SIZE="1"]1 and the diffracted/scattered λ[SIZE="1"]2 using β?

Homework Statement An electron of wavelength 1.74 \times 10^{-10} m strikes an atom of ionized helium (He+). What is the wavelength (m) of the light corresponding to the line in the emission spectrum with the smallest energy transition? Homework Equations Kinetic Energy...

Dear Physics Forum, I think I am confused in applying the correspondence principle in QM, using the particle in a box and de Broglie wavelength calculations for massive (macroscopic) objects. Why is the calculated energy of a massive object so small in the particle in a box E = h2/8mL2...

Hello everybody at physicsforums.com! This is my very first topic in here, although I visit the forum for some time. I'm from Brazil and as english is not my mother language, i ask you not to be so harsh with my probables grammar mistakes XD. Well, so let's get to business. I have...

[b]1.given mass of electron = 9.11*10^-31 ... kinetic energy=1mega electron volt [b]2. Homework Equations :: k.e=1/2mv^2 and λ=h/mv [b]3. The Attempt at a Solution :: am unable to get it...can anyone ry...

Hello all, The above quote is the first part of a reponse to a 2005 OP's question about frequency of a photon, and one of the few hints to an answer to one of my own enquiries about the wavelenght of a photon... I understand that EM waves come in a vast number of frequencies, however I was...

Hi, i read the more wavelenght has an electromagnetic wave the minus frequency it has, but how is possible to prove that? what experimenst were done? Thanks!

Frequency & Wavelenght of EM wave! Hi..on some other thread i found this link showing animation of propagation EM wave: http://www.molphys.leidenuniv.nl/monos/smo/index.html?basics/light_anim.htm it has cleared my one doubt, because i used to think that EM wave is like an invisible line...

THe wavelength of a red helium-neon laser light in air is 632.8 nm. A) what is the frequency? ( i already figured this out to be 4.7 x 10^16) B) what is its wavelenght in glass that has an index of refraction of 1.50?( i do not know where to or if i have to plug in the refraction into an...

does the photon wavelenght come back to original when one path is "blocked"? Subject: Single particle (photon) interference in double slit or half silvered mirror experiment...question about wavelenght and phase shifts... in the half silvered mirror experiment or the double slit experiment...

Homework Statement Along a long tense rope are traveling transverse waves with amplitude A= 10 cm. What is the wavelength, if at any given time the distance between two consecutive neighboring waves y= 5 cm is d= 6 cm? With what velocity are the waves spreading, if the maximum transverse...

Hi, Could someone please crunch for me the de Broglie wavelenght (\lambda), frequency (f) and energy (E) of Earth at perihelion (30300m/s) and at aphelion (29300m/s) and mean (29800m/s) Here are the numbers and formulas: \lambda=h/p , f=E/h , p=m*v (momentum=mass*velocity) h - Planck's...

Homework Statement Derive the doppler shift equation from the equation in terms of frequency to one in terms of wavelenght. Clues: frequency=c/lamda, use Taylor's expansion, velocity of source is much smaller than velocity of wave. c-velocity of wave v-velocity of source f-frequency...

an electron and a photon have the same energy. at what value of energy (in eV) will the wavelength of the photon be 10 times that of the electron? ( 10.3eV) how to get the answer? anybody help please

Homework Statement An incident light shines on a mercury metal plate with a work function of -4.5 eV. The stopping voltage is observed to be -1.65 volts. What is the wavelenght of the incident light? Homework Equations wavelength=hc/E-0(it's a Greek sign n i don't have it in my...

hi i want to calculate "mean thermal wavelenght for relativistic particles"for example for photon . i don't khow how can i do it. please help me. thankyou.

Calculate the de Broglie wavelenght of a 5.5 Mev alpha particle emitted from Am (241) nucleus, could this particle exist with inside the Am (241) nucleus (diameter = 1.6x10^-14m)? the wavelenght: Lambda=h/p = (hc) / (sqrt[2mc^2)xeV) = 1240 / sqrt(2x3727.38x10^6x5.5x20^6) ?

hey how come the IR heat up materials more than UV ? and why people say IR go longer distances the way i see it : UV have faster frequencies, they should have more energy while IR have slower frequencies, should have less energy or is it that when hitting a electron , photons that...

Localization vs De Broglie wavelength First of all, I would like to say hello to everybody since this is my first post, even if it's been some time since I read Physics Forums. Second, sorry for my bad English, I'm Italian :) Third, the issue: I read from my teacher's notes, that a...

An oil slick 122 nm thick (n = 1.4), lying on water, is illuminated by white ligiht incident, perpendicular to its surface. What color will the oil appear and calculate the wavelenght.

I have a picture of a wave I am looking at. Each increment on the equilibrium line is 420 cm. I am asked to find the wavelength. there are 7 increments between one location of the first wave and the second wave. I multiply 7 times 4.2 meters and the answer is still wrong. Why?

How would one convert RGB values to a wavelength value OR a wavelength value to RGB? ie 180,180,60=?

What wavelenght is expected for light composed of photons produced by an n= 3 to n=1 transition in a hydrogen atom? How do u work this out? Iam pretty confused.

Wavelenght of Visible Light? is it 400nm to 800nm or is it 450nm to 750nm thanks nautica

What determines the colour? Frequency or wavelenght?