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White Light Is Shone on a Very Thin Layer of Mica

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White light is shone on a very thin layer of mica ( n=1.57) \mathrm{n}=1.57) , suspended in air, at normal incidence. When the mica layer is observed from the illuminated side, constructive interference is observed for wavelengths of violet (400 nm) (400 \mathrm{~nm}) and yellow (560 nm) (560 \mathrm{~nm}) light. What is the thickness of the mica layer?


A) 446 nm446 \mathrm{~nm}
B) 892 nm892 \mathrm{~nm}
C) 700 nm700 \mathrm{~nm}
D) 382 nm382 \mathrm{~nm}
E) 764 nm764 \mathrm{~nm}
F) 600 nm600 \mathrm{~nm}

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