How to Solve Thin Film Interference Problems in Physics

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  • Опубликовано: 6 окт 2024
  • An explanation of thin film interference, constructive interference, destructive interference, and index of refraction, and then some practice problems.
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  • @Matt-Holdren
    @Matt-Holdren Год назад +33

    Ive been stuck for literally hours, your video cleared it up in 30 min. Thank you!

  • @sahejdhaliwal1039
    @sahejdhaliwal1039 7 месяцев назад +10

    I have watched like a dozen videos on thin film interference and this is by far the best one. Builds such a good foundation on the subject, i somehow got all my homework after this

    • @danthetutor2624
      @danthetutor2624  7 месяцев назад +1

      Wow, thanks for the compliment! Where's the award for "Best video on Thin Film Interference"?

  • @jamespereira4419
    @jamespereira4419 4 месяца назад +4

    Watching this 2 hours before the AP Phys 2 exam, this helped so much!

  • @sunaymukherjee7576
    @sunaymukherjee7576 7 месяцев назад +2

    Thank god I found this in time man...my head was spinning as to why we were switching the formula of constructive and destructive this whole time... Thanks a lot!

    • @danthetutor2624
      @danthetutor2624  7 месяцев назад

      Believe me, I wish I knew this sooner too, haha

  • @emreakgul4394
    @emreakgul4394 9 месяцев назад +3

    What a brilliant and straight forward explanation, you're saving lives !

    • @danthetutor2624
      @danthetutor2624  9 месяцев назад

      I’m not a doctor. I’m just your normal everyday supertutor.

  • @massimom68
    @massimom68 Год назад +4

    😀I join Matt-Holdren's comment. I've been stuck trying to solve one exercise for hours, but thanks to your video I was finally able to solve it. The formula and solution method you showed are very clear and easy to remember. I am wondering why it's not explained so clearly in my physics book... Thank you very much!!!

  • @sarthakverma6949
    @sarthakverma6949 Месяц назад

    You’re godsend. You made the topic very easy to understand.

  • @radeshl7441
    @radeshl7441 4 месяца назад +1

    Thankyou so much sir!!. Best video for film interference

  • @emmadevries4731
    @emmadevries4731 5 месяцев назад

    best video out there on thin film interference. period. thank you a trillion

  • @aechwithana2349
    @aechwithana2349 3 месяца назад

    Thank you so much Dan. You've saved my life.

    • @danthetutor2624
      @danthetutor2624  3 месяца назад

      No problem! Next time, you can save my life.

  • @ximenazuniga8436
    @ximenazuniga8436 10 месяцев назад

    this was so helpful, thank you so much! I have my physics midterm in a couple hours

  • @yasserahmed2812
    @yasserahmed2812 Год назад +1

    Simple and beautiful explanation!

  • @perihangummadova5017
    @perihangummadova5017 9 месяцев назад

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  • @vincentxayasak8773
    @vincentxayasak8773 6 месяцев назад

    Thank u, u saved my life before finals

  • @everette4111
    @everette4111 5 месяцев назад

    absolute guy for this

  • @EricJeon0529
    @EricJeon0529 5 месяцев назад

    perfect teacher and better then our school teacher

    • @danthetutor2624
      @danthetutor2624  5 месяцев назад

      Really setting a low bar there… haha thanks!

  • @sajithranga8919
    @sajithranga8919 2 дня назад

    You are superb ❤ thank you very much very helpful

  • @Mikeltoli
    @Mikeltoli 2 месяца назад

    Thank you Dan. So is
    m = 0,5 considered totally block
    and if m= 4,84 is just weakened
    m=4,2= weakened
    m=6 amplified
    I am trying to figure out wether something is amplified or not
    m= 2tn/ λ
    n=film= 1,8
    t=0.7*10^-6
    m= 420nm, 520nm,590nm,720nm
    On a water surface, there is a thin layer of another liquid with a refractive index of 1.80. The thickness of the layer is 0.70 micrometers. Upon reflection of perpendicularly incident white light, some of the light will be maximally strengthened and some of the light will be maximally weakened.
    For which wavelength(s) of 420 nm, 520 nm, 590 nm, and 720 nm will the light be
    a) maximally strengthened?
    b) maximally weakened?

  • @InnocentJeremiah-go4wh
    @InnocentJeremiah-go4wh Месяц назад

    You are great 👍🏼....... Jst cleared my mind

  • @hussienbast2342
    @hussienbast2342 5 месяцев назад +1

    Most other videos the wavelength in the formula is taken as the wavelength of the film ,, why you take it as the wavelength of the light???

  • @lefishe8145
    @lefishe8145 Год назад +1

    Great explanation, thank you I finally understand this now lol

  • @matthewcheah3178
    @matthewcheah3178 5 месяцев назад

    Thank you!

  • @marsyaalea123
    @marsyaalea123 11 месяцев назад

    thanksss i understood it very well !!

  • @Xx-ee1ui
    @Xx-ee1ui Год назад

    i finally understand now !!! thank you!

  • @kaihungwong
    @kaihungwong 4 месяца назад

    thanks sir, good vid

  • @wallyalshamari3526
    @wallyalshamari3526 Год назад

    great video thanks for the help!

  • @MetagesAschalew
    @MetagesAschalew Год назад

    Best teaching

  • @robertdarling2071
    @robertdarling2071 5 месяцев назад

    For us non physics people, what exactly is a phase shift?

    • @danthetutor2624
      @danthetutor2624  5 месяцев назад +1

      Let me bestow some knowledge to you: light moves like a wave. Just like a sin or cos wave from math class. And so when we say there’s a phase shift, we’re talking about moving the sin graph by exactly half a period (half a cycle). It doesn’t matter if you move the graph left or right because it’s symmetric and it will look the same no matter what.

    • @robertdarling2071
      @robertdarling2071 5 месяцев назад

      Thank you much!

  • @SYHG-h4t
    @SYHG-h4t 11 месяцев назад

    There's a point I don't really get it. How can I know there is actually 1 lambda in 2t? if light is blocked out, there's probably 2 lambda in 2t, therefore the answer of thickness might be tow times of yours

    • @danthetutor2624
      @danthetutor2624  11 месяцев назад

      Which problem are you talking about?

    • @SYHG-h4t
      @SYHG-h4t 11 месяцев назад

      @@danthetutor2624 thin film interference thickness measurement

  • @chandlerwoo4091
    @chandlerwoo4091 10 месяцев назад

    Wouldn’t you have to change your wavelength to the wavelength in the film?

    • @danthetutor2624
      @danthetutor2624  10 месяцев назад

      I see what you're saying. I think that makes logical sense, but every physics problem I've ever seen doesn't do that. So I'm inclined to say "no, don't change the wavelength" but I don't have a good reason why.

  • @filippofonseca
    @filippofonseca 7 месяцев назад

    legend!

  • @t.adalaa
    @t.adalaa 9 месяцев назад

    Dan the tutor❤️

  • @tavongamukhachana9053
    @tavongamukhachana9053 Год назад

    the best love this

  • @andrewjustin256
    @andrewjustin256 Год назад

    2:25 Could you please inform me why we need the smallest value possible and when will we use the greater values?

    • @danthetutor2624
      @danthetutor2624  Год назад +1

      Good question. Usually, the question has some wording like "minimum thickness", and that means that you use the smallest value for m. You'll notice that my questions did not say that, so technically you can use the larger values for this video.
      The only time you NEED the larger values is when the question says something like "what are the first 3 thicknesses that will work?" In that case, you'd use the first 3 values for m (for instance m = 1, 2, 3)

    • @andrewjustin256
      @andrewjustin256 Год назад

      @@danthetutor2624 But why do we need the greater values in the second scenario; I don't have an intuitive feeling for it. Besides, I don't walk with you in the notion of "you can technically use it". What do you exactly mean by this? Will I get the same results even if I use larger values?

    • @danthetutor2624
      @danthetutor2624  Год назад

      It's because there are infinitely many answers to the thickness question, depending on what value you use for m. So for instance the answer could be 1 meter thick, 2 meters thick, 3 meters thick, etc. That's why most problems will say "minimum thickness".
      I say "technically" because I meant to put in the word "minimum thickness" but I forgot. So any value of m would work. But most problems will not forget to say that.

  • @leo-yt8jg
    @leo-yt8jg 11 месяцев назад

    Ur the best

  • @shubkarmanbhullar6784
    @shubkarmanbhullar6784 Год назад

    brilliant

  • @quangmindang1130
    @quangmindang1130 4 месяца назад

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    @dingYilin-n8z 5 месяцев назад

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  • @realdbcooper3423
    @realdbcooper3423 8 месяцев назад

    He didnt explain anything

  • @shmsaaa
    @shmsaaa Год назад

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