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Photons are incident from vacuum on a transparent material with a refractive index n for a given wavelength. Determine the momentum of the incident photon, if its wavelength in the material is equal to `lambda`.

A

`nh//lambda`

B

`h//lambda`

C

`h/(nlambda)`

D

`h//lambda(n+1)`

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C
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