You Deposit a Thin Film of Magnesium Difluoride on a Glass

question 30

Multiple Choice

You deposit a thin film of magnesium difluoride on a glass lens n > 1.60) , reducing the reflection of yellow light, at normal incidence, to a minimum. You find that the thinnest coating that accomplishes this is 106 nm thick. The index of refraction for MgF2 for yellow light λ = 585 nm) is

• A) 1.50.
• B) 1.38.
• C) 1.15.
• D) 1.00.
• E) 0.707.

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