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Collimating incoherent light emitted by a LED
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Suggestions for diffraction experiments?
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What kind of optics are these?
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Sending polarerized light through light fiber that is all jumbled up.
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Light in vacuum and inverse square law
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Faster than the speed of light paradox
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Focal Points in Optics: Real-World Applications
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Question About Light and Speed of Light
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Laboratory work, magnification
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Harnessing the Power of Photons: A Closer Look at Photon Space Propulsion
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Einstein on his discovery of the speed of light
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Effective Refractive Index - Should be simple
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Transmission by pure scatterer layer
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Reflection and Transmission: Why Must There Be a Reflected Wave?
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Can Light Have Momentum Without Mass? A Question of Units
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Question on Photons and perception
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Cosmic microwave background question.
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Why should you feel lighter at equator if normal force is weaker?
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What happens to a photon wave packet when half out of a moving device?
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Exploring Optics: A Visual Guide to Understanding Light and Its Properties
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What makes the gas lamps light a certain color?
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If the solenoid covers the whole length of a shake flashlight, will it light up?
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The Mystery of Atoms Releasing Photons: A Scientific Exploration
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Are there really 9,460,000 km in a light year?
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Can Yellow Light Split into Red and Green When Passed Through a Prism?
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How do light years relate to the concept of time in physics?
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Cheap and Good Laser Safety Glasses
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Diffraction Transverse Wave Confusion
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Intensity of different color light & its relation to energy AND Amplitude
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Photon Speed when Bouncing off Moving Object
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Is space truly empty or is it filled with unseen forces and fields?
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Diffraction: Intensity in the double slit situation
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Why is light affected by gravity?
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Can Photons Achieve Stable Orbits Around Black Holes?
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Classical optics: Lambda-quarter plates
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I with my physics lab questions about diffraction grafting
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Why optically active molecules rotate light?
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Is possible to build an optical trap with non-laser light?
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Can Wet Cloth on a Telescope's Mirror Speed Up Cooling?
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Are there mirrors/panels capable of reflecting designated color wavelengths?
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Could light be a particle that is unobservable as an actual particle?
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Race across the Universe:Who is on edge? Force Vs. Light
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Does stopping a very fast object makes it lighter?
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Maximum Information transferrable in Radio Waves
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Energy level after photon absorbtion
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What if light passes from lighter to denser medium
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What is the relationship between stopping potential and the intensity of light?
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How does white light combine different colors of the spectrum?
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Whats the principle of superposition
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Why does the size of an image in a plane mirror not change when drawn on paper?
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Derivation of complex refractive index
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Is there direct evidence photons attract gravitationally?
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Visualizing Real Images and Multiple Reflections: Questions Answered
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Snells Law - Problem understanding question
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Diffraction through a transparent aperture?
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Can the EM Spectrum Be Converted to Electricity Using Transformer Coils?
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Why does refraction take place ?
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Reflecting a laser with a mirror is there a limit to the power level?
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How does the reflection of light work?
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Light emission as wire rope breaks
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Can light travel faster than the speed of 300,000,000m/s?
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Reflection Patterns of Laser Light on Tilted Mirrors
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Inverse Square Law: 1mW laser range?
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Is it possible to have perfect white or mirrors?
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Can the human eye detect just a single photon?
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Confusion about the speed of light
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Infrared Incandescence: How Hot Does It Need To Be?
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Where does the waves energy go when destructive interference occurs?
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Are lasers capable of producing explosions ,or is that just fictional filler?
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Why doe glass get hot if the photons aren't absorbed?
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How do photons cause matter to move?
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