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Quantum interference with different polarization
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Alpha ray scattering experiment
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Information carried by ray of light
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Light Wave Theory: Particles, Vibrations & Pass-Through
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Please check what's in the Ulaby book regarding reflection.
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Understanding the dipole model for Rayleigh scattering
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Question in reflection and transmission at oblique incidence.
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Laser optics suppliers in Europe
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May 22, 2013
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Change in speed and wavelength of light while travelling from one med
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Rayleigh scattering on gases-questions
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Whats faster than the speed of light?
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E-field polarization in the direction of propagation, TEM, TE, TM
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Contact angle and anti reflective coating.
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What elements a light made of?
May 12, 2013
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What element that can't pass through light?
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Is the laser perfect monochromatic light source?
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Information travelling faster than light
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Is there a way of measuring reflectance vs absorbance
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Are there questions about light that still need to be answered?
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EM fields in unpolarized light
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Is there a limit to how much energy can be stored in a photon?
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Acceptance Angle in Optical fibre
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What are wave and particle nature of light theories?
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How is light affected by glass sheets?
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Refractive index of two fluids when mixed
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Calculate Reflected Radiance from Wave Facet
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Destructive Interference of gamma waves
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How to define light in laymans terms
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What happens to 'unabsorbed' photons?
May 1, 2013
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Measuring the reflectance of a surface?
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Solving a Complex Problem: Can You Help?
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Stimulated Raman Scattering Spectroscopy
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Diffraction Grating And Lightbulb
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Diffraction Patterns: Sunlight vs. Laser Beam
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Scattering field formulation used in DG-FEM
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Neutrino is faster then photon (light) so how can be this possible?
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Shooting a star (with torchlight)
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Polarised (polarized) light; EM explanation.
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Which side of an emergency blanket reflects light the best? Pros Pleas
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Are DC circuits similar to AC circuits during switch on/off?
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Physics beyond the speed of light.
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Why does a 90° phase difference in light waves cause slower travel?
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Is Light Both Waves and Particles, or Something Completely Different?
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Why does light bend when passing from one medium to another
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Lightning strike blew out odd pieces in my house
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Fraunhofer diffraction and convolution of two aperture functions
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Understanding Laser Blooming & Intensity
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Real vs Unreal Source Refraction Through Lense
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Does Constructive Interference Double Sound Intensity at Source Point in Water?
Apr 19, 2013
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Optical waveguide modes with different speed, what happens?
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CCD responses increased by a couple of orders of magnitude
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Difference between interference and diffraction?
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Describing the Life of a Photon
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Solve Polar Wave Equation with Boundary Conditions
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What is wavelength of light a measure of?
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Real image from concave mirror
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Intensity and frequency of radio waves
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Light absorbance & color of materials
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What will happen for single slit diffraction if?
Apr 12, 2013
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Can a Photon Have a Perfectly Smooth Orbit?
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How determine aspheric lens beam angle?
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Fourier transformation and light dispersion for spectra analysis
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