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(Solved): 35. (II) If the wedge between the glass plates of Example 34-6 is filled with some transparent ...
35. (II) If the wedge between the glass plates of Example 34-6 ? is filled with some transparent substance other than air-say, water-the pattern shifts because the wavelength of the light changes. In a material where the index of refraction is \( n \), the wavelength is \( \lambda_{n}=\lambda / n \), where \( \lambda \) is the wavelength in vacuum (Eq. 34-1 ?). How many dark bands would there be if the wedge of Example 34-6 ? is filled with water?
We know that, if the number of dark bands in an interference pattern is m, with light of wavelength ???? is incident at an angle ???? on a plate of refractive index ???? and thickness t, then In the above case, the light is incident fro