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In Fig. 35-44, a broad beam of light of wavelength 630 nm is incident at 90° on a thin, wedge-shaped film with index of refraction 1.50. Transmission gives 10 bright and 9 dark fringes along the film’s length. What is the left-to-right change in film thickness?

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From left-to right change in thin film thickness is1.89μm

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01

Introduction

Wavelength is defined as the distance between identical points in the adjacent cycles of waveform signal propagated in space or along a wire.

02

Concept

Assume the wedge-shaped film is in air, so the wave reflected from one surface undergoes a phase charge of π rad while the wave reflected from the other surface does not. At a place where the film thickness is L he condition of fully destructive interference is

2L=λnm=0,1,2.....

To find the thickness difference ΔL between left and right end, twice to go throw above equation, once for the thickness LLat the left end and once for the thickness LR at the right end.

LL=mLλ2n

And

LR=mL+9λ2n

Where mL be the value at the left end for which dark fringe is observed. Then the value of the right end must bemL+9 because, the right end s located at the ninth dark fringe from the left end.

Wavelength of the incident light λ=630nm

630mm10-9m1nm630×10-9m

Refractive index of the film n=150

Subtracting the film thickness o the left LLand right LR we get

ΔL=LR-LL=mL+9λ2πΔL=9π2n..........1

03

Find the left-to-right change in film thickness

From the given data, subtracting the value of wavelength λ=630×10-9m and refractive index n = 1.5 in the above equation (1), we get

ΔL=9π2n=9630×10-9m21.5=1.89×10-6m= 1.89μm

Therefore, from left-to right change in thin film thickness is1.89μm

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