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An unpolarized light is incident on the plane interface of air-dielectric medium shown in figure. If the incident angle is equal to Brewster angle, identify the expression representing reflected wave. [figure]

  1. (Ex i+Ey j) (kx-kz- t)
  2. (Ex i+Ez k) (kx+ky- t)
  3. (Ex j+Ey k) (ky+kz- t)
  4. (Ex i+Ey j+Ez k) (kx+ky-kz- t)

Answer

(1) (Ex i+Ey j) (kx-kz- t)

Solution

[figure]

From the figure, the interface is the x–y plane and +z points into the medium; the incident rays lie in the x–z plane, so the plane of incidence is the x–z plane.

Reflected wave: it returns into air, so its wave vector has a +x component and a −z component ⇒ phase of the form (kx-kz- t).

(2) has no z-component (travels along the interface); (3) has +z (travels into the medium); (4) has a y-component, which is not in the plane of incidence.

At Brewster's angle the reflected light is plane-polarised with E perpendicular to the plane of incidence, i.e. along j (dots on the reflected ray); only (1) has the correct phase together with a j field component.

Answer: (1)

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An unpolarized light of certain intensity passes through a combination of two polarizers whose transmission axes are at 30° and 90°, respectively, with respect to the horizontal axis. A third polarizer with its transmission axis at 60° with the horizontal axis is placed between the two existing polarizers. The ratio of the output intensities with and without the third polarizer is .

  1. 3/4
  2. 4/3
  3. 9/4
  4. 4/9
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3

In a double slit experiment, when one of the slits is covered by a transparent mica sheet of refractive index 1.56, the central fringe shifts to the position of 7th bright fringe, obtained with both slits uncovered. If the light source wavelength is 450 nm, the thickness of mica sheet is 10-9 m. The value of is .

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4

In single slit diffraction pattern, the wavelength of light used is 628 nm and slit width is 0.2 mm, the angular width of central maximum is 10-2 degrees. The value of is .

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5

In a Young's double slit experiment, the intensity at some point on the screen is found to be 34 times of the maximum of the interference pattern. The path difference between the interfering waves at this point is x where is wavelength of the incident light. The value of x is .

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6

Given below are two statements : In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below :

  1. Both Statement I and Statement II are false
  2. Both Statement I and Statement II are true
  3. Statement I is true but Statement II is false
  4. Statement I is false but Statement II is true
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7

A beam of light consisting of wavelengths 650 nm and 550 nm illuminates the Young's double slits with separation of 2 mm such that the interference fringes are formed on a screen, placed at a distance of 1.2 m from the slits. The least distance of a point from the central maximum, where the bright fringes due to both the wavelengths coincide, is 10-5 m.

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8

An unpolarised light is incident at an interface of two dielectric media having refractive indices of 2 (incident medium) and 2 3 (refracted medium) respectively. To satisfy the condition that reflected and refracted rays are perpendicular to each other, the angle of incidence is

  1. 45
  2. 60
  3. 10
  4. 30
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9

In the Young's double slit experiment the intensity produced by each one of the individual slits is Io. The distance between two slits is 2 mm. The distance of screen from slits is 10 m. The wavelength of light is 6000 . The intensity of light on the screen in front of one of the slits is

  1. Io2
  2. Io
  3. 2Io
  4. 4Io
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10

In two separate Young's double-slit experimental set-ups and two monochromatic light sources of different wavelengths are used to get fringes of equal width. The ratios of the slits separations and that of the wavelengths of light used are 2 : 1 and 1 : 2 respectively. The corresponding ratio of the distances between the slits and the respective screens (D1/D2) is .

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11

When an unpolarized light falls at a particular angle on a glass plate (placed in air), it is observed that the reflected beam is linearly polarized. The angle of refracted beam with respect to the normal is . ( -1(1.52) = 57.7 , refractive indices of air and glass are 1.00 and 1.52, respectively.)

  1. 36.3
  2. 39.6
  3. 42.6
  4. 32.3
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