Fundamentals of Applied Electromagnetics (7th Edition)
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Author: Fawwaz T. Ulaby, Umberto Ravaioli
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Chapter 8, Problem 14P
Consider a thin film of soap in air under illumination by yellow light with λ = 0.6 μm in vacuum. If the film is treated as a planar dielectric slab with ϵr = 1.72, surrounded on both sides by air, what film thickness would produce strong reflection of the yellow light at normal incidence?
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