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... e. Photons can exert a force, or push, on matter. This is called radiation pressure. 2. Light travels 300,000 kilometers per second (670,000,000 mi/h, 186,000 mi/s) in a vacuum like space a. Light slows down when it travels through materials like air and water that have a higher density than spa ...
... e. Photons can exert a force, or push, on matter. This is called radiation pressure. 2. Light travels 300,000 kilometers per second (670,000,000 mi/h, 186,000 mi/s) in a vacuum like space a. Light slows down when it travels through materials like air and water that have a higher density than spa ...
Figure 3.1: Schematic of experimental setup
... Principle a) Brewster’s Angle When unpolarized light travels from a transparent medium with a refractive index ni to another one with a higher refraction index nt, part of the light is refracted into the second medium while the other part of the light is reflected back into the first medium, as show ...
... Principle a) Brewster’s Angle When unpolarized light travels from a transparent medium with a refractive index ni to another one with a higher refraction index nt, part of the light is refracted into the second medium while the other part of the light is reflected back into the first medium, as show ...
Physics Tute Sheet-6 - College of Engineering Roorkee
... 7. A phase retardation plate of quartz has thickness 0.18 mm. For what wavelength in the visible range (400750nm) will act as (i) quarter-wave plate & (ii) half wave plate? Given μo= 1.5533 and μe=1.5443. Ans. (i) 720nm,589nm, 498.46nm, 430nm (ii) 648nm, 540nm, 462.86nm, 405nm 8. The refractive indi ...
... 7. A phase retardation plate of quartz has thickness 0.18 mm. For what wavelength in the visible range (400750nm) will act as (i) quarter-wave plate & (ii) half wave plate? Given μo= 1.5533 and μe=1.5443. Ans. (i) 720nm,589nm, 498.46nm, 430nm (ii) 648nm, 540nm, 462.86nm, 405nm 8. The refractive indi ...
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... from the top surface of the film with light reflected from the film-glass interface. • The number of phase jumps is the same for recombining beams (air to soap and soap to glass). • Find the optical path length difference between the two beams, phase shift of 2. ...
... from the top surface of the film with light reflected from the film-glass interface. • The number of phase jumps is the same for recombining beams (air to soap and soap to glass). • Find the optical path length difference between the two beams, phase shift of 2. ...
The coherence length of black
... One should bear in mind that what is observed also depends on the spectral response of the detector used. A case of practical importance is when the observation is visual. If we take the FWHM of the spectral response of the human eye as 100 THz, the coherence length lc can be calculated using equati ...
... One should bear in mind that what is observed also depends on the spectral response of the detector used. A case of practical importance is when the observation is visual. If we take the FWHM of the spectral response of the human eye as 100 THz, the coherence length lc can be calculated using equati ...
BLUE PRINT FOR QUESTION PAPER APPLIED PHYSICS – II (R
... Fiber Optics: Introduction, total internal reflection, basic construction, optical fiber as light guide and types of optical fiber; Numerical Aperture for graded index fiber; V number, Maximum number of possible order; Losses in optical fiber; Merits of optical fiber; Application. Lasers: Quantum pr ...
... Fiber Optics: Introduction, total internal reflection, basic construction, optical fiber as light guide and types of optical fiber; Numerical Aperture for graded index fiber; V number, Maximum number of possible order; Losses in optical fiber; Merits of optical fiber; Application. Lasers: Quantum pr ...
3 The concept of diffraction limit
... phy, for optimized ring shaped illumination, the value of l can be as small as 0.36. Thus with NA = 0.9, near-ultraviolet light having the wavelength of λ = 400nm can be focused down to CD ≃ 130nm. For best commercially available immersion objective, NA = 1.4. Hence for l = 0.36,CD = 100nm. Thus at ...
... phy, for optimized ring shaped illumination, the value of l can be as small as 0.36. Thus with NA = 0.9, near-ultraviolet light having the wavelength of λ = 400nm can be focused down to CD ≃ 130nm. For best commercially available immersion objective, NA = 1.4. Hence for l = 0.36,CD = 100nm. Thus at ...
1 Optical Phenomena
... The halfcircle results because there is a collection of suspended droplets in the atmosphere that concentrate the dispersed light from the sun. Each droplet in the arc disperses the light and reflects it back toward the observer. Each droplet is refracting and dispersing the ENTIRE visible light ...
... The halfcircle results because there is a collection of suspended droplets in the atmosphere that concentrate the dispersed light from the sun. Each droplet in the arc disperses the light and reflects it back toward the observer. Each droplet is refracting and dispersing the ENTIRE visible light ...
AP Physics Ch 24 : Physical Optics
... Light from different ends of the slit will be traveling to the same spot on the screen and reach there either in or out of sync. o In Figure 7, the blue path has to travel further than the red path... if this difference is equal to half a wavelength, they will meet each other out of sync. If they me ...
... Light from different ends of the slit will be traveling to the same spot on the screen and reach there either in or out of sync. o In Figure 7, the blue path has to travel further than the red path... if this difference is equal to half a wavelength, they will meet each other out of sync. If they me ...
OQLECTURE14
... The name stands for Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation We can think of it as the Bose condensate for light: one photon that bounces back and forth in a cavity with two highly reflecting mirror, stimulates two photons into the same state as the original photon. So we get a huge a ...
... The name stands for Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation We can think of it as the Bose condensate for light: one photon that bounces back and forth in a cavity with two highly reflecting mirror, stimulates two photons into the same state as the original photon. So we get a huge a ...
Light
Light is electromagnetic radiation within a certain portion of the electromagnetic spectrum. The word usually refers to visible light, which is visible to the human eye and is responsible for the sense of sight. Visible light is usually defined as having wavelengths in the range of 400–700 nanometres (nm), or 6993400000000000000♠400×10−9 m to 6993700000000000000♠700×10−9 m, between the infrared (with longer wavelengths) and the ultraviolet (with shorter wavelengths). This wavelength means a frequency range of roughly 430–750 terahertz (THz). Often, infrared and ultraviolet are also called light.The main source of light on Earth is the Sun. Sunlight provides the energy that green plants use to create sugars mostly in the form of starches, which release energy into the living things that digest them. This process of photosynthesis provides virtually all the energy used by living things. Historically, another important source of light for humans has been fire, from ancient campfires to modern kerosene lamps. With the development of electric lights and of power systems, electric lighting has all but replaced firelight. Some species of animals generate their own light, called bioluminescence. For example, fireflies use light to locate mates, and vampire squids use it to hide themselves from prey.Primary properties of visible light are intensity, propagation direction, frequency or wavelength spectrum, and polarisation, while its speed in a vacuum, 299,792,458 meters per second, is one of the fundamental constants of nature. Visible light, as with all types of electromagnetic radiation (EMR), is experimentally found to always move at this speed in vacuum.In physics, the term light sometimes refers to electromagnetic radiation of any wavelength, whether visible or not. In this sense, gamma rays, X-rays, microwaves and radio waves are also light. Like all types of light, visible light is emitted and absorbed in tiny ""packets"" called photons, and exhibits properties of both waves and particles. This property is referred to as the wave–particle duality. The study of light, known as optics, is an important research area in modern physics.