Measurable wavelength


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Mari Masunaga 1G
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Measurable wavelength

Postby Mari Masunaga 1G » Sun Oct 17, 2021 11:06 am

Hi. Could someone please remind me what the cut off was for measurable wavelengths? I think Dr.Lavelle said something like 10^-10 but I can't remember for sure. Thank you!

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Re: Measurable wavelength

Postby Sadhana Jeyakumar 2J » Sun Oct 17, 2021 11:26 am

In my notes I have that if the wavelength is greater than or equal to 10^(-15) m, then the object exhibits measurable wavelike properties (10^-15 is the cutoff).

Ryan Lafferty 1L
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Re: Measurable wavelength

Postby Ryan Lafferty 1L » Sun Oct 17, 2021 11:45 am

The cutoff for measurable wavelength is 10^-15 m. We cannot detect wavelengths of a smaller value.

Preethika Praveen 2G
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Re: Measurable wavelength

Postby Preethika Praveen 2G » Sun Oct 17, 2021 12:50 pm

Hi. Although the cutoff for wavelength isn't an exact value, the approximate cutoff wavelength value would be about 10^-15. For example, wavelengths of 10^-38 would have no measurable wavelike properties.

Santiago Chang 2K
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Re: Measurable wavelength

Postby Santiago Chang 2K » Sun Oct 17, 2021 3:09 pm

The cutoff that Dr. Lavelle mentioned was 10^(-15) meters, anything smaller than that is not detectable. Hope this helps!

Mia Orr 3B
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Re: Measurable wavelength

Postby Mia Orr 3B » Sun Oct 17, 2021 3:12 pm

Hi! Any wavelength smaller than 10^(-15) meters is not detectable.

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Re: Measurable wavelength

Postby Aryan Gajjar 3D » Sun Oct 17, 2021 4:42 pm

Any wavelength which is smaller than 10^(-15) is not detectable.


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