Physics for Scientists and Engineers
Physics for Scientists and Engineers
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Author: Raymond A. Serway, John W. Jewett
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Chapter 37, Problem 51CP

(a)

To determine

To show: The phase difference between the ray O and E after travelling the thickness of the plate is θ=2πdλ|n0nE| .

(b)

To determine

The minimum value of thickness of the quartz plate for which phase difference is π2 .

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