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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,R, the wavelength of light is equal to λ.\lambda . Find the width Δr\Delta r of a Newton ring as a function of its radius rr in the region where Δrr\Delta r \ll r

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