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a. A thin plate of calcite is cut with its OA parallel to the plane of the plate. What min...

a. A thin plate of calcite is cut with its OA parallel to the plane of the plate. What minimum thickness is required to produce a quarter-wave path difference for sodium light of 589 nm?


b. What color will be transmitted by a zircon plate, 0.0182 mm thick, when placed in a 45° orientation between crossed polarizers?

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