1. 17 Wave Optics
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2. National Ignition Facility

3. Power handling at the National Ignition Facility

4. Chapter Six – Inductance and Capacitance

5. Chapter Six – Inductance and Capacitance

7. Chapter Six – Inductance and Capacitance

8. Chapter Six – Inductance and Capacitance

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11. Index of Refraction
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12. Water Waves Spread Out behind a Small Opening
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13. Light Waves Also Spread Out Behind a Very Narrow Slit
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14. Reading Quiz
All waves spread out after passing through a small enough gap in a barrier. This phenomenon is known as
antireflection
double-slit interference
refraction
diffraction
Answer: D
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15. Answer
All waves spread out after passing through a small enough gap in a barrier. This phenomenon is known as
antireflection
double-slit interference
refraction
diffraction
Answer: D
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16. Double-Slit Interference Experiment
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17. Analyzing the Double-Slit Experiment
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18. Bright and Dark Fringes in the Double-Slit Experiment
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19. The Diffraction Grating
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20. Bright Fringes for a Diffraction Grating
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21. The Intensity Pattern Due to a Diffraction Grating
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22. The Fringes Become Very Narrow as the Number of Slits is Increased
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23. A Diffraction Grating Splits Light into the Wavelengths That Make It Up
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24. Thin-Film Interference
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25. Phase Changes Due to Reflection
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26. Analyzing Thin-Film Interference
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28. Reading Quiz
The wave model of light is needed to explain many of the phenomena discussed in this chapter. Which of the following can be understood without appealing to the wave model?
single-slit diffraction
thin-film interference
sharp-ended shadows
double-slit interference
Answer: C
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29. Answer
The wave model of light is needed to explain many of the phenomena discussed in this chapter. Which of the following can be understood without appealing to the wave model?
single-slit diffraction
thin-film interference
sharp-ended shadows
double-slit interference
Answer: C
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30. Single-Slit Diffraction
Light passing through a narrow slit spreads out beyond the slit.
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31. Analyzing Single-Slit Diffraction
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32. Single-Slit Diffraction: Positions and Intensities
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33. Circular-Aperture Diffraction
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34. Summary
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35. Example Problem
Two narrow slits 0.04 mm apart are illuminated by light from a HeNe laser (λ = 633 nm).
What is the angle of the first (m = 1) bright fringe?
What is the angle of the thirtieth bright fringe?
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36. Checking Understanding
The fringe pattern below could be due to
a single slit or two slits.
ten slits.
either two slits or ten slits.
either one slit or two slits.
Answer: B
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37. Answer The fringe pattern below could be due to
a single slit or two slits.
ten slits.
either two slits or ten slits.
either one slit or two slits.
Answer: B
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38. Huygens’ Principle Each point on a wavefront is a source of a secondary “wavelet” that continues the propagation. The combined wavelets form the new wavefront.

39. Two cases: A plane wave (or a linear wave if on a surface) and a spherical wave (or circular wave if on a surface)

40. Although only a few sources for wavelets are shown, there are an infinite number of them along the wavefront

41. Huygens’ Principle applied to refraction of light.
V1 > V2 because the refractive index of medium 2 is greater than that of medium 1
The distance traveled over time t is therefore different, V1*t > V2*t

42. n1 * sin(theta1) = n2 * sin(theta2)
The result is a change in direction or the wave. For light waves, this is represented by Snell’s law,
n1 * sin(theta1) = n2 * sin(theta2)

43. Huygens University Marching Band Encounters Mud

44. Huygens’ Principle applied to two slit interference
Most of the wavelets are intercepted by the barrier
Only the wavelets that are allowed through by the slits continue and combine to form the new set of waves

45. Huygens and single slit diffraction

46. Huygens Model of Reflection