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Green's function and scattering theory
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Quantifying Light Reflection and Scatter in Chrome Paint: A Scientific Study
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How will the force of Light change with absorbtion/reflection?
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What are some different interactions where photons are released?
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Understanding the Sign Convention for Lens Formula Proofs
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Sound interference experiments
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Can a photon be emitted without a receiver?
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Diffraction at an object - diagram?
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X-Ray Safety Advice for Non-Living Material Experiments: Tips & Techniques
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Confused about definitions in optics
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How do Radio Waves work when used for FM or AM Radio transmission?
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Photon Basics: Explaining to a 10-Year-Old
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Does the force of a single photon act in 1 dimension?
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Polarization and Poincare circle.
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Glass silvering phenomena and further studies upon reflective layers
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Elastic scattering and target recoil
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Microwave ovens versus WiFi signals
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What is the Difference Between Coherent and Incoherent Light?
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The role of refraction in vision
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The complex index of refraction of air
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High Energy Photon: Combining Energies Explained
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Time-scale of Compton scattering
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Why do mirrors reflect so much light?
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Transverse Wave in a String Reflection and Transmission
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Energy of light vs energy of photon
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Mirror Box & Daylight: What Happens?
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Refractive Index of Gold at Microwave Frequencies
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White light to different colors
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Does refraction lead to energy loss
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Optics question: light reflecting off a colored surface
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Using Axial Ratio AR to predict R or L hand polarization.
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Superposition of waves, result visible?
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Magnifying Glass and Eye Glasses Comparison
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Light Reflection in a Mirror Cube
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What Happens When Light Hits a Mirror Traveling Near the Speed of Light?
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Are we not already travelling at the speed of light?
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Help make sense of this polarization explanation by Cal Tech
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Grating Spacing With Fourier Optics
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Optics - Do I live in a smaller world with glasses?
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Why are microwaves reflected by the door?
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Light on Gloomy Day: Why is Sky Grey?
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Apparent and actual radius (Optics)
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Fresnel amplitude coefficients for unpolarized light
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Why Does Light Reemerge with a Third Polarizer?
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Laser Pulse Duration @ 2.5kHz FWHM
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Regarding transmission and reflection of EM-waves
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In fiber optics is the thickess of the cladding important?
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Can lasers create visible plasma channels in air?
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Ellipsometric measurements on a mirror.
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LED Outdoor Lighting Solutions - Bob's Story
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Why can't the focus of a plane mirror be virtual like in a concave mirror?
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Does Light Have Mass? Weight of Photon Explained
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Flight of a badminton shuttlecock
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Optic lens to collimate/focus light from a LED.
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Calculating diffraction patterns
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Calculating Reflection angle in a 2D plane.
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Confusion about light exerting a force
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Why frequency stays the same during transmission and reflection
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Emission of a Photon: Origin and Role of Electron Constituents
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Lightspeed - Spaceship on a lever theory.
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Does the single diffraction work for sound wave
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What happens when light hits light?
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Why doesn't a tungsten light bulb have discrete spectral lines?
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Understanding the Single Slit Diffraction Pattern
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How to Calculate Dimensions for a Magnifier and Thin Prism Working Together?
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Light reflection without a surface
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Light, Matter, and Space-Time: Exploring Movement
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Power in beam of light given amplitude
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Plotting the polarization ellipse
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Teeth double reflection in mirrors
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Interference/Difraction wrong consideration
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Reverse calculation of radius and principal planes of thick lens
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Handwaving to match orders of magnitude
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Speed of light - causality - etc
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Lens - What physical features makes a lens thin?
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Are the photons we interact with actually anti photons?
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How can scientists measure the speed of light?
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Build a Home Laser Engraver for Aluminum w/ LasersTEA
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Where does interference occur in light waves?
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Light decomposing when moving your eyes
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So when i see white light, is it really just seven different photons?
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Can 2 light sources of different wavelenghts interfere one in another?
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What is the correct sign convention for the lens and mirror formula?
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Proof That {sin i/sin r} = Refractive Index
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Refraction: Reflection after passing the critical angle
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Relative Abundance of Light Frequencies?
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Polarized light and refraction
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Grade 12 2-D Wave Interference
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Can an electron emit a single photon without violating conservation laws?
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Formation of spectrum of colors when light passes through a flat pane of glass
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Question about light emission.
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Why is magnification only defined for small angles?
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Does dispersion of light occur in reflection?
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Physical significance of Refractive index
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MICROSCOPY: Imaging a field of radiated light and it's source
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Polarization of white light beam
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Best attempts at measuring photon mass?
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Cutting a polarized conductor in half
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Hellowhat is the lenticular lenses?
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Efficiently calculating the magnitude of gravitational force
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