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Interference of Light

Problem 5.86

The convex surface of a plano-convex glass lens comes into contact with a glass plate. The curvature radius of the lens's convex surface is \(R,\) the wavelength of light is equal to \(\lambda .\) Find the width \(\Delta r\) of a Newton ring as a function of its radius \(r\) in the region where \(\Delta r \ll r\)

Reveal Answer
Δr1/4λR/r\Delta r \approx 1 /{ }_{4} \lambda R / r