Purchase Solution

Physical optics/constructive and destructive reflection

Not what you're looking for?

Ask Custom Question

Hi. Can someone please show me how to do the following problem? Thank you.

White light is incident normally on a thin soap film (n = 1.33).

(a) What are the two minimum thicknesses that will constructively reflect visible light with = 676 nm?

smallest thickness (in nm)

second smallest thickness (in nm)

(b) What are the two minimum (non-zero) thicknesses that will destructively reflect visible light with = 676 nm?

smallest thickness (in nm)

second smallest thickness (in nm)

Purchase this Solution
Purchase this Solution
Free BrainMass Quizzes
Intro to the Physics Waves

Some short-answer questions involving the basic vocabulary of string, sound, and water waves.

The Moon

Test your knowledge of moon phases and movement.

Basic Physics

This quiz will test your knowledge about basic Physics.

Introduction to Nanotechnology/Nanomaterials

This quiz is for any area of science. Test yourself to see what knowledge of nanotechnology you have. This content will also make you familiar with basic concepts of nanotechnology.

Classical Mechanics

This quiz is designed to test and improve your knowledge on Classical Mechanics.

View More Free Quizzes
Related BrainMass Solutions

  • Wave Optics: Interference and Diffraction

    See attached The word document containing the answer is attached. interference and diffraction for wave optics is analyzed. The value of sigma x that will superposition two waves showing total constructive and destructive interference is analyzed.

  • Optics Wavelength of a Beam of Light Reflected by Oil

    water layers = 246.91 x 10-9/λ + 266.67 x 10-9/λ = 513.58 x 10-9/λ Total number of wave lengths in travelling from top of the oil layer to the bottom of the water layer and then back to the top of the oil layer after reflection from the mirror =

  • Thin film interference and air gap of variable thickness

    This type of problem is a classic example of how modern optics is applied in real situations. As in all cases of interference, whether the interference is constructive or destructive depends on the following: 1.

  • Wave Optics: Interference through thin films.

    171514 Wave Optics: Interference through thin films. 1.) A mixture of yellow light (wavelength = 582 nm in vacuum) and violet light (wavelength = 414 nm in vacuum) falls perpendicularly on a film of gasoline that is floating on a puddle of water.

  • Geometrical Optics (Reflection of Light)

    7625 Geometrical Optics (Reflection of Light) Standing 2.0 m in front of a small vertical mirror, you see the reflection of your belt buckle, which is 0.70 m below your eyes.

  • Interference of Sound Waves

    176589 Interference of Sound Waves: Destructive or Constructive Two loudspeakers, A and B are driven by the same amplifier and emit sinusoidal waves in phase. Speaker B is 2.00 m to the right of speaker A.

  • Active Constructive Responding - communication response

    Active Constructive Responding There are mainly four different ways in which an individual generally responds, which includes active constructive responding, active, destructive responding, passive constructive responding and passive destructive responding

  • Practice problems in Optics

    A set of seven practice problems in optics involving diffraction, reflection and refraction.

  • interference of radio waves

    When the phase difference is 2 (the path difference is 1 lamda), the interference is constructive. The above phase difference is in between and 2 , so the interference is in between destructive and constructive.

View More Related Solutions