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Light of wavelength 612 nm in a vacuum travels 1.57 pm in a medium of index...

Light of wavelength 612 nm in a vacuum travels 1.57 pm in a medium of index of refraction 1.51. Find

(a) the wavelength in the medium,

(b) the optical path length,

(c) the phase difference after moving that distance, with respect to light traveling the same distance in a vacuum.

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