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 = 1.27, uniformly covers the top of a glass plate, n = 1.53. 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?
air-film
at both interfaces
film-glass
at neither interface
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Question 2
What is the wavelength of red, 710-nm light as it travels through the film?
559 nm
710 nm
902 nm
464 nm
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Question 3
At what minimum non-zero thickness of the film will the intensity of the red light reflected back into the air be a maximum?
355 nm
178 nm
140 nm
280 nm
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Question 4
At what minimum non-zero thickness of the film will the intensity of the same red light reflected back into the air be a minimum, or experience destructive interference?
140 nm
280 nm
178 nm
355 nm
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Question 5
In general, when red light is removed from white light, the film would appear to be which color?
cyan
grey
magneta
yellow
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Question 6
What is the frequency of the red light as it travels through the film?
4.23 x 10
14
hz
5.37 x 10
-4
hz
3.33 x 10
14
hz
1.68 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?
1.5 x 10
-12
sec
1.78 x 10
-12
sec
1.17 x 10
-12
sec
1.28 x 10
-9
sec
8.33 x 10
-10
sec
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