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 = 1.38, uniformly covers the top of a glass plate, n = 1.63. 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 neither interface
at both interfaces
air-film
film-glass
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Question 2
What is the wavelength of green, 572-nm light as it travels through the film?
789 nm
414 nm
572 nm
351 nm
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Question 3
At what minimum non-zero thickness of the film will the intensity of the green light reflected back into the air be a maximum?
207 nm
104 nm
143 nm
286 nm
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Question 4
At what minimum non-zero thickness of the film will the intensity of the same green light reflected back into the air be a minimum, or experience destructive interference?
286 nm
207 nm
104 nm
143 nm
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Question 5
In general, when green light is removed from white light, the film would appear to be which color?
yellow
cyan
magenta
grey
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Question 6
What is the frequency of the green light as it travels through the film?
1.24 x 10
20
hz
7.24 x 10
-4
hz
5.24 x 10
14
hz
3.8 x 10
14
hz
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Question 7
If the glass plate is 28 centimeters thick, how many seconds would be required for the transmitted beam to travel through the glass?
1.52 x 10
-9
sec
1.38 x 10
-12
sec
9.33 x 10
-10
sec
1.63 x 10
-12
sec
2.04 x 10
-12
sec
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