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How can I build an optics bench for a science exhibit?
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Information transmitted faster than light?
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Negative Energy Solutions to Photon Wavefunction
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Creative Optics Experiment Ideas for First-Year Physics Students
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DIY Strobe Light with Adjustable Frequency: Troubleshooting Tips
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Speed of light through a medium
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Understanding Optical Tunneling
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Physics of Microwaves: Find Out Why Glass Gets Hot
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Light vs Radio attenuation in water
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Interference occurs, if two waves are said to be coherent
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Which color reflect UV light best?
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Where Does Electromagnetic Energy Go?
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A question about mirrors and images
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Light: Electron Deflection Q&A
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Why I can burn a paper with magnifying glass and sun?
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Lots of questions on wave optics
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Polarization states of light in 2D
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Violet light produced from green He-Ne laser?
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Do E and B Fields Distort When Focusing Photons with a Lens?
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Diffraction, refraction & reflection
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Color\Light efficiency in imaging systems
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What is the Cutoff Wavelength for a Photon Passing Through a Waveguide?
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Greetings, how does light travel through the glass?
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Scientist makes radio waves travel faster than light
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Do lasers suffer R^2 propagation loss
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Wavelength Function and Diffraction Orders Explained
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What color would a door painted with ultraviolet paint appear to be?
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Times of flight for projectiles
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How Do Optic Fibers Minimize Interference While Transmitting Information?
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Dissipation of Light: Measuring Intensity & Energy Loss
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Sources for the diffracted waves
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Why Does Light Disappear When the Source is Turned Off?
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The Nature of Photons: Do They Truly Travel Between Points A and B?
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Question: Time in Zero Velocity as Opposed to Light-Speed
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Scientists build world's first anti-laser
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Kirchoff's radiative balance law and polarisation of emitted light
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How Does a Mirror Work and Why Doesn't It Look Blue?
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Total internal reflection zero
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How can i calculate the brightness of moon's light at night on the earth?
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Mirror Reflections: Exploring the Physics of Photons
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Laser Beam Destructive Interference
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Why do x rays travel faster than light in some states of matter
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Can Photons Interact with Each Other Through Electron Mediation?
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Multiple wavelengths of light through much larger single slit
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Clarification required: polarization density and displacement field
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Is Light Truly Discrete or Merely a Manifestation of Matter's Nature?
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Losses involved in reflection and refraction
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Feynman says photons ARE particles
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Laser beams in the frequency range of of microwaves
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Snell's law and the concept of critical angle
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What happens when you pass red light through different colored glass?
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Light and our rate of perception
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Optical Phase Detection Techniques for Improved Noise Floors in Interferometers
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Entangled Frankenstein Photons
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Damping of a Laser Beam: Understanding the Science and Equations
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How photons create an image via the brain
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Application of microwave beams
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180 degree Compton Scattering: low versus high energy initial photon
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Why Is Light Considered a Wave When It Travels Without a Medium?
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How does my microwave oven affect a wireless router?
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What a LASER needs to set off PLASMA (ex. in mid-air)
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The nature of light from colored(visual) materials
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If photons have no mass, then how can they travel the speed of light?
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Where Does the Green Go at Twilight?
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Harnessing Solar Energy with Fresnel Lenses
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Change in velocity of light with change in optical density
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Cause of Lightning: What is the Real Explanation?
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Diffractive optics and achromaticism
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How does refractive index matching make a solid disappear in a liquid?
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Precession of a football in flight
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Absolute Zero & Speed of Light
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Can You Measure the Speed of Light at Home Like 19th Century Scientists?
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Determining X-ray strength and exposure
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How Can You Measure Light Wavelengths Using Microscope Slides and Rubber Bands?
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Fresnel Lens Optics - Questions & Answers
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Find Parallel Polarized E Field Reflection Direction
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