Practice Problems
Thin Film Interference Glass Coating
Directions:
On this worksheet you will be investigating the basic properties of
thin film interference
revealed in different thicknesses film on glass.
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Question 1
A thin film, n = 1.37, uniformly covers the top of a glass plate, n = 1.51. 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?
film-glass
at neither interface
at both interfaces
air-film
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Question 2
What is the wavelength of blue, 483-nm light as it travels through the film?
483 nm
353 nm
320 nm
662 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?
88 nm
176 nm
242 nm
121 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?
88 nm
176 nm
121 nm
242 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?
magneta
grey
yellow
cyan
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Question 6
What is the frequency of the blue light as it travels through the film?
6.21 x 10
14
hz
4.53 x 10
14
hz
1.06 x 10
20
hz
8.51 x 10
-4
hz
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Question 7
If the glass plate is 27 centimeters thick, how many seconds would be required for the transmitted beam to travel through the glass?
1.86 x 10
-12
sec
1.67 x 10
-12
sec
1.36 x 10
-9
sec
1.22 x 10
-12
sec
9 x 10
-10
sec
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