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-I ENGINEERING PHYSICS
Numerical problems For Practice on Wave Optics
A transparent film of silicon-oxide having R.I.of 1.45 is coated on the solar cell having R.I.
of 3.5 to minimize reflection losses. What minimum thickness film of silicon-oxide should
Q1
be deposited on the solar cell surface?(Wavelength of sun light as mid wavelength of visible
light i.e. 5500Å)
Q2 White light falls normally on a soap film of refractive index 1.33 and thickness 450 nm.
Which wavelengths within the visible spectrum (λ= 4000 Å to 7000 Å) will be strongly
reflected?
Q3 An oil drop of volume 0.1 cc is dropped on the surface of a water tank of area 2 m2. The film
spread uniformly over the water surface and white light incident normally is observed. The
spectrum is seen to contain one bright band of wavelength 550 nm in air. Find the refractive
index of oil. (Consider oil is optically denser than water).
Q5 A wedge shaped glass film (R.I. = 1.5) having an angle of 35 sec. is illuminated by
monochromatic light. 15 bright fringes are observed within spacing of 2.75 cm. Calculate
the wavelength of light used. Also find thickness of spacer placed at distance of 4.6 cm from
edge of the wedge.
Q6 Two plane glass surfaces in contact along one edge and are separated by thin wire at another
end, 45 dark fringes are observed over the length of 20 mm at the normal incidence.
Calculate the wavelength of incident light and thickness of wire? (Given: Wedge angle is
150 seconds)
In Newton’s ring experiment the diameter of 5th and 15th dark rings are 3 mm and 6.2 mm
respectively. Find the diameter of 25th dark ring. If a liquid is introduced between Plano
Q7.
convex lens and glass plate then new diameter of 25th dark ring appears to be 7.14 mm.
Calculate refractive index of liquid.
In a Newton’s ring setup a film is observed with light of wavelength 6 x 10-5 cm, the
difference of square of diameters of successive rings is 0.125 cm2. What will happen to this
Q8. quantity if:
a) Wavelength of light is changed to 4.5 x 10-5 cm.
b) A liquid of refractive index 1.33 is introduced between the lens and the plate.
How many orders will be visible if the wavelength of incident radiation is 6328 Å and the
Q9.
number of lines on the grating is 2620 in 2 cm?
A diffraction grating used at normal incidence gives a line 6100 Å in certain order
Q10 superimposed on another line 6000 Å of next higher order. If the angle of diffraction is 39º,
find the no. of lines per cm on the grating.
A plane wave of monochromatic light falls normally on uniform thin film of oil which
covers a glass plate. The wavelength of the source can be varied continuously. Complete
Q11 destructive interference is obtained only for wavelengths 5000 Å and 7000 Å and for no
other wavelengths in between. Find the thickness of oil film. (Given R. I. of Oil 1.30 and R.
I. of Glass 1.50)
White light falls normally on glycerine film of refractive index 1.44 and of thickness 6100
Q12 Å, floating on oil of refractive index 1.25 . Which wavelengths will be absent within the
visible spectrum (λ= 4000 Å to 7000 Å)?
A Newton’s ring setup is illuminated by a beam of light containing two wavelengths, λ1 and
λ2. It is found that nth dark ring due to one wavelength coincides with (n+2)th dark ring of
Q13
another wavelength. If the radius of curvature of the lens is R then find the radius of the
overlapped dark rings?