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Refraction Effects on Wavelength and Phase
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Two coherent light waves of wavelength 500 nm in vacuum enter a thin film (n=1.40) at normal incidence. How does refraction affect the wavelength and phase relationship between these waves?

A

Wavelength and phase both change

B

Neither wavelength nor phase is affected

C

Wavelength shortens but phase remains continuous

D

Wavelength remains the same but phase shifts

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