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SECOND SEMESTER B.Sc. (CBCSS) DEGREE EXAMINATIONS,

APRIL 2022
(Regular – 2021 Admission)
Complementary Course
PHY2 C02: Optics, Laser and Electronics

Time: 2 Hours Max. Marks: 60

I. Answer the following questions in two or three sentences

(Each question carries 2 Marks): (Ceiling 20 Marks)
1. What is the superposition principle in light?
2. Define central maximum.
3. What are the factors that affect the diameter of rings in Newton’s ring arrangement?
4. Give the classification of diffraction phenomenon.
5. Why is grating spectrum called a normal spectrum?
6. What is ellipticaly polarised light?
7. State Brewster’s law.
8. What is meant by filter circuit?
9. What is oscillator?
10. What are the advantages of CE configuration?
11. Write a note on emitter and collector current.
12. Draw the labelled diagram of a ruby laser.

II. Answer the following questions in a paragraph

(Each question carries 5 Marks): (Ceiling 30 Marks)
13. What is the minimum thickness of a soap film which appears as dark when viewed in
sodium lamp normally? Wavelength of light is 589 nm and refractive index of the soap
film is 1.37.
14. What are the factors that depend on the optical rotation of an optically active solution?
15. A monochromatic light of wave length 6000 Å is incident normally on diffraction grating
containing 6000 lines per cm. Find the angles at which first and second order maximum
are observed.
16. What are universal gates? Explain the different types of universal gates.
17. What is current amplification factor? Obtain the relation connecting 𝛼, 𝛽 and 𝛾.
18. How is a half wave plate constructed?
19. What is metastable state? Explain population inversion.
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III. Write an essay on any one of the following: (1 x 10 = 10 Marks)

20. Describe necessary theory for Fresnel’s biprism experiment to find bandwidth of
interference pattern on the screen.
21. What is zener diode? Discuss zener diode used as voltage regulator to provide constant
voltage.