Question

a thin layer of oil (n = 1.38) on the ocean surface for thousands of miles. As an inspector, you are flying over the ocean surface in an aircraft, looking at a section of option where the oil thickness is 563 nanometers thick. You look straight down at the ocean, at a time of day when the sun is directly above you. a) So, if constructive interference occurs (i.e. where the reflection is brightest) what is the wavelength(s) of visible light in the reflection? b) However, in order to get a close-up look at the oil slick, you put on scuba gear and go diving under the portion of ocean you had been observing from the plane. For which wavelength(s) of visible light yield the strongest transmitted intensity?

Answer 1