Physics 202 Sample Exam IV

Radiation and optics

1
p
+
1
q
=
1
f
f =
R
2
1
f
= (
n

n
m
n
m
)(
1
R
1

1
R
2
) m =
q
p
m =
I
O

inc
=
ref
f =
f
1
f
2
f
1
+f
2
E
R
= E
0
n
1
n
2
n
1
+n
2
E
T
= E
0
2n
1
n
1
+n
2
I
trans
= I
0
cos
2
tan
B
=
n
2
n
1
n
1
sin
I
= n
2
sin
T
n
1
sin
crit
= n
2
sin 90
o
f
inc
= f
trans
= f
ref
Y = In =
1

0
EB

I =

Area
|dp| =
0
EBdV ol

I =
1

0
v
|E|
2
p =

ILA
c
2
v =
c
n
=

k
= f
J
d
=
0
d
dt
E
L
2

L
1

1
= m 2nd = m 2nd = (m +
1
2
)
I = I
0
cos
2
(
d sin

) I = I
0
(
sin(
Nd sin

)
sin(
d sin

)
)
2
d sin = m a sin = m
I() = I
0
(
sin

)
2
=
a sin

c = 3.0 10
8 m
s

0
= 4 10
7 Tm
A
2t sin = m sin
2
(kz t) =
1
2
cos
2
(kz t) =
1
2
= kz t
d
dt
(
sin(t)
)
= cos(t)
d
dt
(
cos(t)
)
= sin(t) F =
dp
dt
I
trans
= I
0
cos
2
()
|B(r)|
wire
=

0
I
2r

C
B dr =
0
I
thruC

C
E dr =
d
dt

A
B ndA

C
B dr =
0

0
d
dt

E ndA

dB
y
dt
=
dE
x
dz

dB
y
dz
=
0

0
dE
x
dt
U
E
=
1
2

0
E
2
0
A U
B
=
1
2
0
B
2
0
A
F =
I
c
An P =
I
c
4d|n
o
n
e
| = =
d
2c
|n

n
r
|
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Problem Point total Problem Point total
1 8
2 9
3 10
4 11
5 12
6 13
7 14
Exam point -
total -
Only optics and radiation problems appear on this practice exam. Four problems will be randomly selected
from exams I, II, and III, altered in some way, and included in the actual nal exam, making it semi-cumulative. Any
equations needed to solve these problems will appear on the equation sheet. You should thoroughly master the
problem on exams I,II,II as preparation for the nal. The nal is weighted equally with the three midterm
exams (it will be scaled to 100 points).
Problem 1A. Take a pair of stacked microscope
slides 1.0 mm thick (n = 1.9), and use a hair to prop
open the right-hand end of the stack. Illuminate
from above using a 500.0 nm light source, and look
down on the stack, suppose that you see what is
illustrated above literally, dark is black, bright
is white. What is the diameter D of the hair? The
hair is not shown.
Show your work below for partial credit
Your answer for D (5 pts)
Problem 1B. All of the interference fringes for two-slit interference are of equal brightness I
0
only if the slit-width
a is nearly zero. What is the ratio of intensities of the n = 3 fringe to the n = 0 fringe if d = 5a?
Show your work below for partial credit
Your numerical answer for I(3)/I(0) (5 pts)
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
mm
Problem 2a. All of the interference fringes for two-slit interference are of equal brightness I
0
only if the slit-width
a is nearly zero. The fringes illustrated are on a screen 2.0m from the slits, = 600 nm. Find a (slit width).
Show your work below for partial credit
Your numerical answer for a(5 pts)
d
Problem 2b. Consider Bragg scattering by X-rays of wavelength = 0.015nm from a cubic crystal whose inter-
atomic distance is d = 3.0

A = 3.0 10
10
m. Find the smallest nonzero angle for constructive interference from
the set of atomic planes shown. Note is relative to the planes, not to the normal.
Show your work below for partial credit
Your numerical answer for (5 pts)

Problem 3a. A ray of light enters the left face

of a prism of index n = 2.1 normally. Find the
largest such that the ray is totally internally
reected at the slanted interface if the prism is
immersed in air.
Show your work below for partial credit
Your numerical answer for (5 pts)

B
A
B
Incident ray
Glass
Problem 3b. Unpolarized light is incident
from vacuum at Brewsters angle on a horizon-
tal sheet of glass, of index 1.8 . The vertical
polarizer will allow light to pass at which
orientation of its pass-axis, A or B?
Find
B
.
Show your work below for partial credit
Your choice, A or B (3 pts)
Your numerical
B
(2 pts)
Problem 4. A beam of light with electric eld of strength 100
N
C
, polarization j wavelength = 2 10
7
m
propagating in the z-direction travels in a vacuum, is normally incident on a stack of polarizing lters. The rst
polarizer has its axis in the
i+j

2
direction, the second has axis
i+

3 j
2
, and the third
ij

2
. What is the electric eld
of the light after passing through each polarizer in turn? Write your three answers in the form E = |E|p,
in which you must compute the appropriate |E| (in N/C) and p.
Partial credit work-space
Your numerical answer for E after pol. 1 (3 pts)
Your numerical answer for E after pol. 2 (3 pts)
Your numerical answer for E after pol. 3 (4 pts)
Problem 5a.
A narrow beam of unpolarized, non-coherent light from an incandescent source (a ashlight) of intensity

I = 10
W
m
2
is pointed normally towards a still pool of water, in an attempt to illuminate the bottom of the pool. What is the
intensity of the light that is transmitted into the water, illuminating the pool bottom?
Show your work below for partial credit
Your answer for I
T
(5 pts)
Problem 5b. Quartz is a birefringent crystal, with refractive indices n
1
= 1.556 and n
2
= 1.547 corresponding to
its principle axes. A plate of quartz of thickness d will convert incident circularly polarized light into transmitted
liearly polarized light. Find the required thickness for light of wavelength = 600 nm.
Show your work below for partial credit
Your answer for d (5 pts)
Problem 6a. Draw a proper ray diagram (the two rays used in lecture to form images of the object tip) for a virtual
object placed 10cm away from a concave mirror of radius of curvature 20 cm. (5 points).
eye
Problem 6a. Draw a proper ray diagram (the two rays used in lecture to form images of the object tip) for a virtual
object placed 10cm away from a converging lens of focal distance 20 cm. (5 points).
eye
Problem 7a. Draw a proper ray diagram (the two rays used in lecture to form images of the object tip) for a real
object placed 10cm away from a diverging lens of focal distance 20 cm. (5 points).
eye
Problem 7b. Compute the image distance q for a virtual object placed 10cm away from a converging lens of focal
distance 20 cm.
Partial credit workspace
Your numerical q (3 pts)
Compute the magnication m for a real object placed 10cm away from a diverging lens of focal distance 20 cm.
Partial credit workspace
Your numerical m (3 pts)
a
z=0
d E
0
Problem 8. Consider a parallel plate
capacitor with circular plates of radius
a = 0.05 m, seperation d = 1.0 mm,
normals k connected to a generator
E(t) = 1000 V sin(2 100
1
s
t). Compute
the magnitude of B between the plates
at t = 1/500s, and at r = a.
Partial credit workspace
Your numerical |B| (10 pts)
Problem 9. The Russian-built Cosmos-1 spacecraft launched in 2005
failed to deploy properly, however a similar Japanese space agency
craft launched the same year works ne. Cosmos-1 has (lets say) 12
large triangular reective panels, that can be swiveled so that steering
is possible. Each has an area of 500 m
2
, and reect solar radiation.
The craft has a mass of 500 kg. When normally illuminated with solar
radiation of intensity

I
sol
= 1.0 10
4 W
m
2
, compute the acceleration of
the spacecraft.
Partial credit workspace
Your |a| (10 pts)
Problem 10. The electric eld of a circularly polarized light beam traveling through some medium is
E = 100
N
C
(
i sin(3.0 10
7
1
m
z 6.0 10
15
1
s
t) +j cos(3.0 10
7
1
m
z 6.0 10
15
1
s
t)
)
What is its wavelength?
Your (2 pts)
What is the index of refraction of the medium it travels through?
Your n (2 pts)
What is its magnetic eld B?
Your f (3 pts)
What is its intensity?
Your I (3 pts)