The lead architect on the design team of a new skyscraper decides that the outer surface of the building’s windows need to be coated with a reflective layer in order to lower airconditioning costs. MgF2 is chosen for the reflective layer, which has a refractive index n=1.38. Assume that the refractive index of the window glass is 1.5 and that the reflective coating should work optimally at the peak of the sunlight spectrum, 500 nm.
A) What is the minimum thickness of film that is needed ( in nm) ?
B)Suppose the layer needs to be thicker than 200 nm in order to hold up to the weather. What other thicknesses would also work? Give only the three thinnest ones.
The lead architect on the design team of a new skyscraper decides that the outer surface...
A thin layer of magnesium fluoride (n = 1.38) is applied to the outer surface of a glass (n = 1.52) camera lens as an anti-reflective coating. When viewed from a direction that is nearly perpendicular to the lens in white light, the lens appears slightly green in color, since it only reflects light with a wavelength in vacuum of 540 nm. Based on this information, what is the smallest nonzero thickness of the magnesium fluoride film? 135 nm 152...
Athin layer of magnesium fluoride (n = 1.38) is applied to the outer surface of a glass (n = 1.52) camera lens as an anti-reflective coating. When viewed from a direction that is nearly perpendicular to the lens in white light, the lens appears slightly green in color, since it only reflects light with a wavelength in vacuum of 540 nm. Based on this information, what is the smallest nonzero thickness of the magnesium fluoride film? 135 nm 152 nm...
A thin layer of magnesium fluoride (n = 1.38) is applied to the outer surface of a glass (n = 1.52) camera lens as an anti-reflective coating. When viewed from a direction that is nearly perpendicular to the lens in white light, the lens appears slightly green in color, since it only reflects light with a wavelength in vacuum of 540 nm. Based on this information, what is the smallest nonzero thickness of the magnesium fluoride film? 135 nm 152...