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AP Physics 2
14.9 Thin-Film Interference
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A side-view diagram showing two flat glass slides forming an air wedge. The bottom glass slide lies horizontally. The top glass slide rests on the bottom slide at the left end and is supported by a small vertical cylindrical strand (hair) of height d at the right end, creating a wedge angle between them. The length of the slides is labeled L along the horizontal bottom slide. Vertical monochromatic light rays with downward arrows shine from above onto the top slide. On top of the upper slide, a series of alternating dark and light vertical tick marks indicates interference fringes, with the horizontal distance between two adjacent dark marks labeled \Delta x. No other labels, lines, text, or axes appear.
Side view of an air wedge formed by two glass plates.
Two flat glass plates of length \(L\) lie on a lab bench, touching at one end and separated at the opposite end by a thin hair of diameter \(d\) to form an air wedge. Monochromatic light of wavelength \(\lambda\) shines perpendicularly onto the top plate, producing an interference pattern with a constant spacing \(\Delta x\) between adjacent dark fringes. Which of the following expressions correctly gives the diameter \(d\) of the hair?

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