Physics of Everyday Phenomena
9th Edition
ISBN: 9781259894008
Author: W. Thomas Griffith, Juliet Brosing Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
expand_more
expand_more
format_list_bulleted
Concept explainers
Videos
Textbook Question
Chapter 16, Problem 9E
An antireflection coating is designed with a thickness of a quarter of the
a. How many wavelengths farther does the light reflected from the bottom surface of the coating travel than that reflected from the top surface?
b. Does this produce constructive or destructive interference?
Expert Solution & Answer
Want to see the full answer?
Check out a sample textbook solution
Students have asked these similar questions
Yellow light of 570 nm is reflected from a thin film of air between two glass plates. The thickness of the film is 1710 nm.
(a) How much farther does the light reflected from the bottom surface of the film travel than that reflected from the top surface?
(b) How many wavelengths of light does this represent?
A coherent light that contains two wavelengths, 1200 nm (red) and 870 nm (blue), passes through two narrow slits separated by 0.300 mm and the interference pattern is observed on a screen 5.00 m from the slits.
(a) Draw a sketch of the problem.
(b) What is the distance on the screen between the first-order bright fringes for the red light?
(c) What is the distance on the screen between the first-order bright fringes for the blue light?
(a) Differentiate between interference and diffraction of light.
(b) Explain in not more than 4 sentences how a destructive and constructive interference of light happen.
Chapter 16 Solutions
Physics of Everyday Phenomena
Ch. 16 - What characteristic of the electromagnetic waves...Ch. 16 - Prob. 2CQCh. 16 - Is it possible for an electromagnetic wave to...Ch. 16 - For which of the following characteristicsspeed,...Ch. 16 - Prob. 5CQCh. 16 - What is the color of light with a wavelength of...Ch. 16 - Prob. 7CQCh. 16 - Prob. 8CQCh. 16 - Prob. 9CQCh. 16 - A color TV uses red, green, and blue phosphors to...
Ch. 16 - Skylight is produced by the scattering of the suns...Ch. 16 - Prob. 12CQCh. 16 - Prob. 13CQCh. 16 - Prob. 14CQCh. 16 - If two waves start out in phase with each other,...Ch. 16 - Prob. 16CQCh. 16 - Prob. 17CQCh. 16 - Prob. 18CQCh. 16 - Prob. 19CQCh. 16 - Prob. 20CQCh. 16 - Why do lenses with a reflective coating appear to...Ch. 16 - Prob. 22CQCh. 16 - Prob. 23CQCh. 16 - Prob. 24CQCh. 16 - Prob. 25CQCh. 16 - Prob. 26CQCh. 16 - Can a wave on a guitar string be polarized?...Ch. 16 - Prob. 28CQCh. 16 - Prob. 29CQCh. 16 - Prob. 30CQCh. 16 - Prob. 31CQCh. 16 - Prob. 32CQCh. 16 - Microwaves used in microwave ovens often have a...Ch. 16 - What is the wavelength of the radio waves from a...Ch. 16 - Prob. 3ECh. 16 - Prob. 4ECh. 16 - Light with a wavelength of 700 nm (7 107 m) is...Ch. 16 - Prob. 6ECh. 16 - An orange fringe produced by double-slit...Ch. 16 - Violet light of 425 nm is reflected from a thin...Ch. 16 - An antireflection coating is designed with a...Ch. 16 - Light with a wavelength of 480 nm (4.8 107 m)...Ch. 16 - Prob. 11ECh. 16 - A diffraction grating has 2200 slits or lines...Ch. 16 - Prob. 13ECh. 16 - When passed through a diffraction grating with a...Ch. 16 - Prob. 1SPCh. 16 - Prob. 2SPCh. 16 - Prob. 3SPCh. 16 - A certain soap film has an index of refraction...
Knowledge Booster
Learn more about
Need a deep-dive on the concept behind this application? Look no further. Learn more about this topic, physics and related others by exploring similar questions and additional content below.Similar questions
- Sound of a certain wavelength is coming from within a room and passing through a rectangular door (a "slit"). If the width of the doorway is twice the wavelength of the sound, what is the diffraction angle of the sound leaving the doorway? Parrow_forward5. Draw an illustration of interfering waves. Which portions of the waves shows constructive interference? Why? Which portions shows destructive interference? Why?arrow_forwardYou are sitting at the kitchen table diligently doing your homework when you hear your younger siblings yelling and fighting over a toy in the living room around the corner. The sound waves are undergoing ___ as they travel from your siblings' mouths around the corner, down the hall, into the kitchen, into your ear. Which term completes the sentence? a. diffraction b. reflection c. refraction d. interferencearrow_forward
- Draw a figure to show the resultant wave produced when two coherent waves (with equal amplitudes x) interact in phase. What is the amplitude of the resultant wave? If the phase difference between the coherent waves is changed to 60º, what will be new amplitude?arrow_forwardTwo stones are dropped simultaneously into a pond 1.65 m apart and 19.1 m away from the straight edge of the pond. They produce waves of wavelength 0.28 m. The two waves meet and interfere along the pond’s edge. At the symmetric middle point P0 the interference is constructive. The next three constructive interference sites are denoted P1, P2, and P3. Refer to figure. This is not a small-angle situation, although you may still assume that the stones are dropped close together relative to the distance of the edge of the pond. a. What is the distance, in meters, between P1 and P0? b. What is the distance, in meters, between P2 and P0? c. What is the distance, in meters, between P3 and P0?arrow_forwardTwo light waves begin with identical phases from different places, propagate outward, and arrive at the same location. Each wave has amplitude A, wavelength 500nm, and speed c, but one wave must travel 600 nm farther to arrive there and sperimpose with the other wave. a) what is the frequency of the resulting disturbance? b) what is the phase difference (in radians) between the waves when they arrive?arrow_forward
- A light of wavelength 400 nm passes from air to water. (a) What is the frequency of light in water? (b) What is the speed of light in water if its index of refraction is 1.33? What is the wavelength of the light in water?arrow_forwardTwo-point sources emit sound waves of 1 m wavelengths. The sources are pointed at each other. The sources, 2 m apart, emit waves that are in phase with each other at the instant of emission. a) Where, along the line between the sources are the waves out of phase with each other by pi radians? b) If the emitted wavelength changes to 0.5 m, where are the waves out of phase with each other by π/2 radians?arrow_forwardTwo narrow parallel slits separated by 0.850 mm are illuminated by 600-nm light, and the viewing screen is 2.80 m away from the slits. (a) What is the phase difference between the two interfering waves on a screen at a point 2.50 mm from the central bright fringe? (b) What is the ratio of the intensity at this point to the intensity at the center of a bright fringe?arrow_forward
- A sheet of glass is coated with a 500-nm-thick layer of oil (n = 1.42).a. For what visible wavelengths of light do the reflected waves interfere constructively?b. For what visible wavelengths of light do the reflected waves interfere destructively?c. What is the color of reflected light? What is the color of transmitted light?arrow_forwardPart of the light passing through the air is scattered in all directions by the molecules comprising the atmosphere. The wavelengths of visible Light are larger than molecular sizes, and the scattering is strongest for wavelengths of light closest to sizes of molecules. (a) Which of the main colors of light is scattered the most? (b) Explain why this would give the sky its familiar background color at midday.arrow_forwardWaves from a radio station have a wavelength of 3.00 102 m. They travel by two paths to a home receiver 20.0 km from the transmitter. One path is a direct path, and the second is by reflection from a mountain directly behind the home receiver. What is the minimum distance from the mountain to the receiver that produces destructive interference at the receiver? (Assume that no phase change occurs on reflection from the mountain.)arrow_forward
arrow_back_ios
SEE MORE QUESTIONS
arrow_forward_ios
Recommended textbooks for you
College PhysicsPhysicsISBN:9781285737027Author:Raymond A. Serway, Chris VuillePublisher:Cengage Learning
College PhysicsPhysicsISBN:9781305952300Author:Raymond A. Serway, Chris VuillePublisher:Cengage Learning
University Physics Volume 1PhysicsISBN:9781938168277Author:William Moebs, Samuel J. Ling, Jeff SannyPublisher:OpenStax - Rice University
Principles of Physics: A Calculus-Based TextPhysicsISBN:9781133104261Author:Raymond A. Serway, John W. JewettPublisher:Cengage Learning
Glencoe Physics: Principles and Problems, Student...PhysicsISBN:9780078807213Author:Paul W. ZitzewitzPublisher:Glencoe/McGraw-Hill
College Physics
Physics
ISBN:9781285737027
Author:Raymond A. Serway, Chris Vuille
Publisher:Cengage Learning
College Physics
Physics
ISBN:9781305952300
Author:Raymond A. Serway, Chris Vuille
Publisher:Cengage Learning
University Physics Volume 1
Physics
ISBN:9781938168277
Author:William Moebs, Samuel J. Ling, Jeff Sanny
Publisher:OpenStax - Rice University
Principles of Physics: A Calculus-Based Text
Physics
ISBN:9781133104261
Author:Raymond A. Serway, John W. Jewett
Publisher:Cengage Learning
Glencoe Physics: Principles and Problems, Student...
Physics
ISBN:9780078807213
Author:Paul W. Zitzewitz
Publisher:Glencoe/McGraw-Hill
Laws of Refraction of Light | Don't Memorise; Author: Don't Memorise;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4l2thi5_84o;License: Standard YouTube License, CC-BY