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

NOVEMBER 2022
(Regular / Supplementary / Improvement)
Physics
PHY5 B08: Optics
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. State Fermat’s principle.
2. What is meant my missing orders in double slit diffraction pattern?
3. Write the Gaussian formula for single spherical surface.
4. What is grating? How is it produced?
5. Michelson interferometer can be used in the measurement of two closely spaced
wavelengths. Discuss.
6. What is zone plate?
7. Discuss cosine law.
8. What is a half period zone? Why is it called so?
9. Derive the equation for minimum thickness of a quarter wave plate.
10. What is Hologram?
11. Explain the term birefringence.
12. What are fiber optic sensors?

II. Answer the following questions in a paragraph

(Each question carries 5 Marks): (Ceiling 30 Marks)
13. Discuss lateral magnification.
14. Draw the experimental arrangement of Fresnel’s two mirror arrangement.
15. Newton’s rings are observed in reflected light of wavelength 5.9 x 10 -7 m. The diameter
of the 10th dark ring is 0.5 cm. Find the radius of curvature of the lens and the thickness
of air film at the position of the 10th dark ring.
16. Discuss the production and detection of circularly polarized light.
17. Explain diffraction by circular aperture.
18. Discuss applications of holography.
19. Derive the expression for acceptance angle of an optical fibre. In an optical fibre,
the core has a refractive index of 1.6 and the cladding has a refractive index of 1.3.
Find the values of critical angle and acceptance angle for the fibre.
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III. Write an essay on any one of the following: (1 x 10 = 10 Marks)

20. Discuss Young’s double slit experiment to demonstrate interference in light. Deduce the
relation for band width.
21. Describe the construction and working of a Laurentz half shade polarimeter.