Practice Problems
Thin Film Interference Glass Coating
Directions:
On this worksheet you will be investigating the basic properties of
thin film interference
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Question 1
A thin film, n = 1.25, uniformly covers the top of a glass plate, n = 1.61. If the medium above the film is air, at which of the interfaces (air-film and film-glass) does the light undergo a 180° phase change upon reflection?
at both interfaces
air-film
at neither interface
film-glass
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Question 2
What is the wavelength of blue, 465-nm light as it travels through the film?
581 nm
289 nm
465 nm
372 nm
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Question 3
At what minimum non-zero thickness of the film will the intensity of the blue light reflected back into the air be a maximum?
186 nm
233 nm
93 nm
116 nm
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Question 4
At what minimum non-zero thickness of the film will the intensity of the same blue light reflected back into the air be a minimum, or experience destructive interference?
186 nm
93 nm
233 nm
116 nm
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Question 5
In general, when blue light is removed from white light, the film would appear to be which color?
grey
yellow
cyan
magneta
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Question 6
What is the frequency of the blue light as it travels through the film?
5.16 x 10
14
hz
8.06 x 10
-4
hz
6.45 x 10
14
hz
1.12 x 10
20
hz
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Question 7
If the glass plate is 25 centimeters thick, how many seconds would be required for the transmitted beam to travel through the glass?
8.33 x 10
-10
sec
1.79 x 10
-12
sec
1.2 x 10
-12
sec
1.56 x 10
-12
sec
1.34 x 10
-9
sec
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