A thin film of oil (n = 1.25) is located on smooth, wet pavement. When viewed from a direction perpendicular to the pavement, the film reflects most strongly red light at 640 nm and reflects no green light at 512 nm. (a) What is the minimum thickness of the oil film? (b) Let m1 correspond to the order of the constructive interference and m2 to the order of the destructive interference. Obtain a relationship between m1 and m2 that is consistent with the given data.

A thin film of oil (n = 1.25) is located on smooth, wet pavement. When viewed from a direction perpendicular to the pavement, the film reflects most strongly red light at 640 nm and reflects no green light at 512 nm. (a) What is the minimum thickness of the oil film? (b) Let m1 correspond to the order of the constructive interference and m2 to the order of the destructive interference. Obtain a relationship between m1 and m2 that is consistent with the given data.

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Chapter27: Wave Optics

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