What is the smallest thickness & of an optical coating whose nda of refraction is n coating = 1.38 and which is designed to eliminate reflected light at wave lengths around 550 nm when incident normally on glass for which nglass=-1.50 [hint = Incident ray will first go through coating layer and then the glass layer.

What is the smallest thickness & of an optical coating whose nda of refraction is n coating = 1.38 and which is designed to eliminate reflected light at wave lengths around 550 nm when incident normally on glass for which nglass=-1.50 [hint = Incident ray will first go through coating layer and then the glass layer.

Inquiry into Physics

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Chapter9: Optics

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