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Cecil Moore wrote:
If politics is a subset of physics and only Jim
Kelley's definitions are allowed, then President
Bush doesn't have any power.

Welcome back Cliffy!

Had a good time playing with my grand niece and grand nephew
in TN whose IQ's are impossible to measure in public schools.
It runs in the family. :-)

Back to the present thread. I infer that you believe
that Hecht's total irradiance equations are in error?
Before you reply, let me remind you that Dr. Best was
the first one, to the best of my knowledge, to publish
the irradiance equations in an amateur radio
publication, QEX.

In the following fixed font diagram, IR is the Index
of Refraction.

air | 1/4WL thin-film | Glass
1W Laser---IR=1.0---|----IR=1.222-----|--IR=1.493---...
Ifor=1W | Ifor=1.0101W | Ifor=1W
Iref=0.01W | Iref=0.0101W | Iref=0

Note that I is "irradiance", not current.

Given: The irradiance reflection coefficient is 0.01
at both interfaces. The irradiance transmission coefficient
is 0.99 at both interfaces. Please describe your theory of
the wave cancellation process occurring at the air to thin-
film interface without using the superposition and interference
principles that I have been using to which you object.
--
73, Cecil http://www.w5dxp.com