Wave optics

1. (a) Two polaroids are placed at 900 to each other and the transmitted (b) If a light beam shows no
intensity is zero. What happens when one more polaroid is placed in intensity variation, when
between these two, bisecting the angle between them? How will the transmitted through a polaroid
intensity of transmitted light vary on further rotating the third polaroid? which is rotated, what does it
imply? Explain briefly.

2. (a) What happens to the (b) A double slit is illuminated by light of wavelength 600 nm. The slits
interference pattern if the phase are 0.1 cm apart and the screen is placed 1 m away. Calculate (i) the
difference between the two sources angular position of 10th maximum in radian and (ii) separation of the
varies continuously? adjacent minima.
 Answers

1. (a) Two polaroids are placed at 900 to each other and the transmitted (b) If a light beam shows no
intensity is zero. What happens when one more polaroid is placed in intensity variation, when
between these two, bisecting the angle between them? How will the transmitted through a polaroid
intensity of transmitted light vary on further rotating the third polaroid? which is rotated, what does it
imply? Explain briefly.
• (a) the final intensity becomes one- fourth of the maximum intensity transmitted by the first polaroid. On
further rotating the third polaroid, intensity of transmitted light decreases till it becomes zero.
• (b) it means the light beam is unpolarised.

2. (a) What happens to the (b) A double slit is illuminated by light of wavelength 600 nm. The slits
interference pattern if the phase are 0.1 cm apart and the screen is placed 1 m away. Calculate (i) the
difference between the two sources angular position of 10th maximum in radian and (ii) separation of the
varies continuously? adjacent minima.
• (a) A uniform illumination is seen on the screen.
• (b)(i) the angular position of 10th maximum in radian = 0.006 rad
• (ii ) separation of the adjacent minima = 0.6 mm
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