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University Physics with Modern Physics

Hugh D. Young

Chapter 33

The Nature and Propagation of Light - all with Video Answers

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01:55

Problem 1

Two plane mirrors intersect at right angles. A laser beam strikes the first of them
at a point 11.5 cm from their point of intersection, as shown in $\textbf{Fig. E33.1}$. For what angle of incidence at the first mirror will this ray strike the midpoint of the second mirror (which is 28.0 cm long) after reflecting from the first mirror?

Sheh Lit Chang
Sheh Lit Chang
University of Washington
05:06

Problem 2

The vitreous humor, a transparent, gelatinous fluid that fills most of the eyeball, has an index of refraction of 1.34. Visible light ranges in wavelength from 380 nm (violet) to 750 nm (red), as measured in air. This light travels through the vitreous humor and strikes the rods and cones at the surface of the retina. What are the ranges of (a) the wavelength, (b) the frequency, and (c) the speed of the light just as it approaches the retina within the vitreous humor?

Mohit Khurana
Mohit Khurana
Texas A&M University
04:14

Problem 3

A beam of light has a wavelength of 650 nm in vacuum. (a) What is the speed of this light in a liquid whose index of refraction at this wavelength is 1.47? (b) What is the wavelength of these waves in the liquid?

Eduard Sanchez
Eduard Sanchez
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Problem 4

Light with a frequency of $5.80 \times 10^{14}$ Hz travels in a block of glass that has an index of refraction of 1.52. What is the wavelength of the light (a) in vacuum and (b) in the glass?

Darshan Maheshwari
Darshan Maheshwari
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07:16

Problem 5

A light beam travels at $1.94 \times 10^8$ m/s in quartz. The wavelength of the light in quartz is 355 nm. (a) What is the index of refraction of quartz at this wavelength? (b) If this same light travels through air, what is its wavelength there?

Eduard Sanchez
Eduard Sanchez
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01:25

Problem 6

Light of a certain frequency has a wavelength of 526 nm in water. What is the wavelength of this light in benzene?

Darshan Maheshwari
Darshan Maheshwari
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02:48

Problem 7

A parallel beam of light in air makes an angle of 47.5$^\circ$ with the surface of a glass plate having a refractive index of 1.66. (a) What is the angle between the reflected part of the beam and the surface of the glass? (b) What is the angle between the refracted beam and the surface of the glass?

Salamat Ali
Salamat Ali
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01:20

Problem 8

A laser beam shines along the surface of a block of transparent material (see $\textbf{Fig. E33.8}$). Half of the beam goes straight to a detector, while the other half travels through the block and then hits the detector. The time delay between the arrival of the two light beams at the detector is 6.25 ns. What is the index of refraction of this material?

Salamat Ali
Salamat Ali
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01:08

Problem 9

Light traveling in air is incident on the surface of a block of plastic at an angle of 62.7$^\circ$ to the normal and is bent so that it makes a 48.1$^\circ$ angle with the normal in the plastic. Find the speed of light in the plastic.

Salamat Ali
Salamat Ali
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02:46

Problem 10

(a) A tank containing methanol has walls 2.50 cm thick made of glass of refractive index 1.550. Light from the outside air strikes the glass at a 41.3$^\circ$ angle with the normal to the glass. Find the angle the light makes with the normal in the methanol. (b) The tank is emptied and refilled with an unknown liquid. If light incident at the same angle as in part (a) enters the liquid in the tank at an angle of 20.2$^\circ$ from the normal, what is the refractive index of the unknown liquid?

Salamat Ali
Salamat Ali
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04:30

Problem 11

As shown in $\textbf{Fig. E33.11}$, a layer of water covers a slab of material $X$ in a beaker. A ray of light traveling upward follows the path indicated. Using the information on the figure, find (a) the index of refraction of material $X$ and (b) the angle the light makes with the normal in the $air$.

Salamat Ali
Salamat Ali
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01:23

Problem 12

A horizontal, parallelsided plate of glass having a refractive index of 1.52 is in contact with the surface of water in a tank. A ray coming from above in air makes an angle of incidence of 35.0$^\circ$ with the normal to the top surface of the glass. (a) What angle does the ray refracted into the water make with the normal to the surface? (b) What is the dependence of this angle on the refractive index of the glass?

Salamat Ali
Salamat Ali
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01:16

Problem 13

A ray of light is incident on a plane surface separating two sheets of glass with refractive indexes 1.70 and 1.58. The angle of incidence is 62.0$^\circ$, and the ray originates in the glass with $n$ = 1.70. Compute the angle of refraction.

Salamat Ali
Salamat Ali
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02:02

Problem 14

A ray of light traveling in water is incident on an interface with a flat piece of glass. The wavelength of the light in the water is 726 nm, and its wavelength in the glass is 544 nm. If the ray in water makes an angle of 56.0$^\circ$ with respect to the normal to the interface, what angle does the refracted ray in the glass make with respect to the normal?

Prabhu Ramji
Prabhu Ramji
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06:14

Problem 15

Light enters a solid pipe made of plastic having an index of refraction of 1.60. The light travels parallel to the upper part of the pipe ($\textbf{Fig. E33.15}$). You want to cut the face $AB$ so that all the light will reflect back into the pipe after it first strikes that face. (a) What is the largest that $\theta$ can be if the pipe is in air? (b) If the pipe is immersed in water of refractive index 1.33, what is the largest that $\theta$ can be?

Adam Moon
Adam Moon
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01:04

Problem 16

A flat piece of glass covers the top of a vertical cylinder that is completely filled with water. If a ray of light traveling in the glass is incident on the interface with the water at an angle of $\theta_a = 36.2{^\circ}$, the ray refracted into the water makes an angle of 49.8$^\circ$ with the normal to the interface. What is the smallest value of the incident angle $\theta_a$ for which none of the ray refracts into the water?

Salamat Ali
Salamat Ali
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03:04

Problem 17

The critical angle for total internal reflection at a liquid air interface is 42.5$^\circ$. (a) If a ray of light traveling in the liquid has an angle of incidence at the interface of 35.0$^\circ$, what angle does the refracted ray in the air make with the normal? (b) If a ray of light traveling in air has an angle of incidence at the interface of 35.0$^\circ$, what angle does the refracted ray in the liquid make with the normal?

Salamat Ali
Salamat Ali
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01:36

Problem 18

A beam of light is traveling inside a solid glass cube that has index of refraction 1.62. It strikes the surface of the cube from the inside. (a) If the cube is in air, at what minimum angle with the normal inside the glass will this light $not$ enter the air at this surface? (b) What would be the minimum angle in part (a) if the cube were immersed in water?

Salamat Ali
Salamat Ali
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01:07

Problem 19

A ray of light is traveling in a glass cube that is totally immersed in water. You find that if the ray is incident on the glass-water interface at an angle to the normal larger than 48.7$^\circ$, no light is refracted into the water. What is the refractive index of the glass?

Salamat Ali
Salamat Ali
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03:46

Problem 20

At the very end of Wagner's series of operas${Ring\space{of}\space{the}\space}{Nibelung}$, Brunnhilde takes the golden ring from the finger of the dead Siegfried and throws it into the Rhine, where it sinks to the bottom of the river. Assuming that the ring is small enough compared to the depth of the river to be treated as a point and that the Rhine is 10.0 m deep where the ring goes in, what is the area of the largest circle at the surface of the water over which light from the ring could escape from the water?

Salamat Ali
Salamat Ali
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04:25

Problem 21

Light is incident along the normal on face $AB$ of a glass prism of refractive index 1.52, as shown in $\textbf{Fig. E33.21}$. Find the largest value the angle a can have without any light refracted out of the prism at face $AC$ if (a) the prism is immersed in air and (b) the prism is immersed in water.

Salamat Ali
Salamat Ali
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04:31

Problem 22

The indexes of refraction for violet light $(\lambda = 400 \, \mathrm{nm})$ and red light $(\lambda = 700 \, \mathrm{nm})$ in diamond are 2.46 and 2.41, respectively. A ray of light traveling through air strikes the diamond surface at an angle of 53.5$^\circ$ to the normal. Calculate the angular separation between these two colors of light in the refracted ray.

Salamat Ali
Salamat Ali
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04:32

Problem 23

A narrow beam of white light strikes one face of a slab of silicate flint glass. The light is traveling parallel to the two adjoining faces, as shown in $\textbf{Fig. E33.23}$. For
the transmitted light inside the glass, through what angle $\Delta \theta$ is the portion of the visible spectrum between 400 nm and 700 nm dispersed? (Consult the graph in Fig. 33.17.)

Sheh Lit Chang
Sheh Lit Chang
University of Washington
03:48

Problem 24

A beam of light strikes a sheet of glass at an angle of 57.0$^\circ$ with the normal in air. You observe that red light makes an angle of 38.1$^\circ$ with the normal in the glass, while violet light makes a 36.7$^\circ$ angle. (a) What are the indexes of refraction of this glass for these colors of light? (b) What are the speeds of red and violet light in the glass?

Salamat Ali
Salamat Ali
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01:41

Problem 25

Unpolarized light with intensity $I_0$ is incident on two polarizing filters. The axis of the first filter makes an angle of 60.0$^\circ$ with the vertical, and the axis of the second filter is horizontal. What is the intensity of the light after it has passed through the second filter?

Salamat Ali
Salamat Ali
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01:33

Problem 26

(a) At what angle above the horizontal is the sun if sunlight reflected from the surface of a calm lake is completely polarized? (b) What is the plane of the electric-field vector in the reflected light?

Salamat Ali
Salamat Ali
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02:20

Problem 27

A beam of unpolarized light of intensity $I_0$ passes through a series of ideal polarizing filters with their polarizing axes turned to various angles as shown in $\textbf{Fig. E33.27}$. (a) What is the light intensity (in terms of $I_0$) at points $A$, $B$, and $C$ ? (b) If we remove the middle filter, what will be the light intensity at point $C$ ?

Salamat Ali
Salamat Ali
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03:51

Problem 28

Light of original intensity $I_0$ passes through two ideal polarizing filters having their polarizing axes oriented as shown in $\textbf{Fig. E33.28}$. You want to adjust the angle $\phi$ so that the intensity at point P is equal to $I_0$/10. (a) If the original light is unpolarized, what should $\phi$ be? (b) If the original light is linearly polarized in the same direction as the polarizing axis of the first polarizer the light reaches, what should $\phi$ be?

Vishal Gupta
Vishal Gupta
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02:59

Problem 29

A parallel beam of unpolarized light in air is incident at an angle of 54.5$^\circ$ (with respect to the normal) on a plane glass surface. The reflected beam is completely linearly polarized. (a) What is the refractive index of the glass? (b) What is the angle of refraction of the transmitted beam?

Salamat Ali
Salamat Ali
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02:01

Problem 30

The refractive index of a certain glass is 1.66. For what incident angle is light reflected from the surface of this glass completely polarized if the glass is immersed in (a) air and (b) water?

Salamat Ali
Salamat Ali
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01:56

Problem 31

A beam of polarized light passes through a polarizing filter. When the angle between the polarizing axis of the filter and the direction of polarization of the light is $\theta$, the intensity of the emerging beam is $I$. If you now want the intensity to be $I/2$, what should be the angle (in terms of $\theta$) between the polarizing angle of the filter and the original direction of polarization of the light?

Salamat Ali
Salamat Ali
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02:46

Problem 32

Three polarizing filters are stacked, with the polarizing axis of the second and third filters at 23.0$^\circ$ and 62.0$^\circ$, respectively, to that of the first. If unpolarized light is incident on the stack, the light has intensity 55.0 $\mathrm {W/cm}^2$ after it passes through the stack. If the incident intensity is kept constant but the second polarizer is removed, what is the intensity of the light after it has passed through the stack?

Salamat Ali
Salamat Ali
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02:22

Problem 33

Unpolarized light of intensity 20.0 $\mathrm {W/cm}^2$ is incident on two polarizing filters. The axis of the first filter is at an angle of 25.0$^\circ$ counterclockwise from the vertical (viewed in the direction the light is traveling), and the axis of the second filter is at 62.0$^\circ$ counterclockwise from the vertical. What is the intensity of the light after it has passed through the second polarizer?

Salamat Ali
Salamat Ali
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04:40

Problem 34

Three polarizing filters are stacked with the polarizing axes of the second and third at 45.0$^\circ$ and 90.0$^\circ$, respectively, with that of the first. (a) If unpolarized light of intensity $I_0$ is incident on the stack, find the intensity and state of polarization of light emerging from each filter. (b) If the second filter is removed, what is the intensity of the light emerging from each remaining filter?

Salamat Ali
Salamat Ali
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03:28

Problem 35

A beam of white light passes through a uniform thickness of air. If the intensity of the scattered light in the middle of the green part of the visible spectrum is $I$, find the intensity (in terms of $I$) of scattered light in the middle of (a) the red part of the spectrum and (b) the violet part of the spectrum. Consult Table 32.1.

Salamat Ali
Salamat Ali
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01:36

Problem 36

A light beam is directed parallel to the axis of a hollow cylindrical tube. When the tube contains only air, the light takes 8.72 ns to travel the length of the tube, but when the tube is filled with a transparent jelly, the light takes 1.82 ns longer to travel its length. What is the refractive index of this jelly?

Salamat Ali
Salamat Ali
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06:25

Problem 37

Physicians use high-frequency ($f$ = 1$-$5 MHz) sound waves, called ultrasound, to image internal organs. The speed of these ultrasound waves is 1480 m$/$s in muscle and 344 m$/$s in air. We define the index of refraction of a material for sound waves to be the ratio of the speed of sound in air to the speed of sound in the material. Snell's law then applies to the refraction of sound waves. (a) At what angle from the normal does an ultrasound beam enter the heart if it leaves the lungs at an angle of 9.73$^\circ$ from the normal to the heart wall? (Assume that the speed of sound in the lungs is 344 m$/$s.) (b) What is the critical angle for sound waves in air incident on muscle?

Brandy Heflin
Brandy Heflin
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01:49

Problem 38

In a physics lab, light with wavelength 490 nm travels in air from a laser to a photocell in 17.0 ns. When a slab of glass 0.840 m thick is placed in the light beam, with the beam incident along the normal to the parallel faces of the slab, it takes the light 21.2 ns to travel from the laser to the photocell. What is the wavelength of the light in the glass?

Salamat Ali
Salamat Ali
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Problem 39

A ray of light is incident in air on a block of a transparent solid whose index of refraction is $n$. If $n$ = 1.38, what is the $largest$ angle of incidence $\theta_a$ for which total internal reflection will occur at the vertical face (point A shown in $\textbf{Fig. P33.39}$)?

Prabhat Tyagi
Prabhat Tyagi
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02:22

Problem 40

A light ray in air strikes the rightangle prism shown in $\textbf{Fig. P33.40}$. The prism angle at $B$ is 30.0$^\circ$. This ray consists of two different wavelengths. When it emerges at face $AB$, it has been split into two different rays that diverge from each other by 8.50$^\circ$. Find the index of refraction of the prism for each of the two wavelengths.

Salamat Ali
Salamat Ali
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01:53

Problem 41

A ray of light traveling $in$ a block of glass ($n$ = 1.52) is incident on the top surface at an angle of 57.2$^\circ$ with respect to the normal in the glass. If a layer of oil is placed on the top surface of the glass, the ray is totally reflected. What is the maximum possible index of refraction of the oil?

Salamat Ali
Salamat Ali
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02:12

Problem 42

A ray of light traveling in air is incident at angle $\theta_a$ on one face of a 90.0$^\circ$ prism made of glass. Part of the light refracts into the prism and strikes the opposite face at point $A$ ($\textbf{Fig. P33.42}$). If the ray at $A$ is at the critical angle, what is the value of $\theta_a$?

Salamat Ali
Salamat Ali
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04:08

Problem 43

A glass plate 2.50 mm thick, with an index of refraction of 1.40, is placed between a point source of light with wavelength 540 nm (in vacuum) and a screen. The distance from source to screen is 1.80 cm. How many wavelengths are there between the source and the screen?

Salamat Ali
Salamat Ali
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03:14

Problem 44

After a long day of driving you take a late-night swim in a motel swimming pool. When you go to your room, you realize that you have lost your room key in the pool. You borrow a powerful flashlight and walk around the pool, shining the light into it. The light shines on the key, which is lying on the bottom of the pool, when the flashlight is held 1.2 m above the water surface and is directed at the surface a horizontal distance of 1.5 m from the edge ($\textbf{Fig. P33.44}$). If the water here is 4.0 m deep, how far is the key from the edge of the pool?

Khoobchandra Agrawal
Khoobchandra Agrawal
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05:08

Problem 45

You sight along the rim of a glass with vertical sides so that the top rim is lined up with the opposite edge of the bottom ($\textbf{Fig. P33.45a}$). The glass is a thin-walled, hollow cylinder 16.0 cm high. The diameter of the top and bottom of the glass is 8.0 cm. While you keep your eye in the same position, a friend fills the glass with a transparent liquid, and you then see a dime that is lying at the center of the bottom of the glass (Fig. P33.45b). What is the index of refraction of the liquid?

Khoobchandra Agrawal
Khoobchandra Agrawal
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06:21

Problem 46

Optical fibers are constructed with a cylindrical core surrounded by a sheath of cladding material. Common materials used are pure silica $n_2 = 1.4502$ for the cladding and silica doped with germanium $n_1 = 1.4652$ for the core. (a) What is the critical angle $\theta_{crit}$ for light traveling in the core and reflecting at the interface with the cladding material? (b) The numerical aperture (NA) is defined as the angle of incidence $theta_i$ at the flat end of the cable for which light is incident on the core-cladding interface at angle $\theta_{crit}$ ($\textbf{Fig. P33.46}$). Show that sin $\theta_i$ =$ \sqrt {n^2_1 - n^2_2}$ . (c) What is the value of $\theta_i$ for $n_1$ = 1.465 and $n_2$ = 1.450?

Sheh Lit Chang
Sheh Lit Chang
University of Washington
07:07

Problem 47

A thin layer of ice ($n$ = 1.309) floats on the surface of water ($n$ = 1.333) in a bucket. A ray of light from the bottom of the bucket travels upward through the water. (a) What is the largest angle with respect to the normal that the ray can make at the ice-water interface and still pass out into the air above the ice? (b) What is this angle after the ice melts?

Linda Winkler
Linda Winkler
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01:55

Problem 48

A 45$^\circ$$-$45$^\circ$$-$90$^\circ$ prism is immersed in water. A ray of light is incident normally on one of its shorter faces. What is the minimum index of refraction that the prism must have if this ray is to be totally reflected within the glass at the long face of the prism?

Salamat Ali
Salamat Ali
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04:50

Problem 49

The prism shown in $\textbf{Fig. P33.49}$ has a refractive index of 1.66, and the angles $A$ are 25.0$^\circ$. Two light rays $m$ and $n$ are parallel as they enter the prism. What is the angle between them after they emerge?

Salamat Ali
Salamat Ali
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02:18

Problem 50

Light is incident normally on the short face of a 30$^\circ$$-$60$^\circ$$-$90$^\circ$ prism ($\textbf{Fig. P33.50}$). A drop of liquid is placed on the hypotenuse of the prism. If the index of refraction of the prism is 1.56, find the maximum index that the liquid may have for the light to be totally reflected.

Salamat Ali
Salamat Ali
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04:51

Problem 51

When the sun is either rising or setting and appears to be just on the horizon, it is in fact below the horizon. The explanation for this seeming paradox is that light from the sun bends slightly when entering the earth’s atmosphere, as shown in Fig. $\textbf{P33.51}$. Since our perception is based on the idea that light travels in straight lines, we perceive the light to be coming from an apparent position that is an angle $\delta$ above the sun's true position. (a) Make the simplifying assumptions that the atmosphere has uniform density, and hence uniform index of refraction $n$, and extends to a height $h$ above the earth's surface, at which point it abruptly stops. Show that the angle $\delta$ is given by $${ \delta = \mathrm{arcsin} ({{nR}\over{R + h}}}) - \mathrm{arcsin}({{{R}\over R + h}}) $$ where $R$ = 6378 km is the radius of the earth. (b) Calculate $\delta$ using $n$ = 1.0003 and $h$ = 20 km. How does this compare to the angular radius of the sun, which is about one quarter of a degree? (In actuality a light ray from the sun bends gradually, not abruptly, since the density and refractive index of the atmosphere change gradually with altitude.)

Khoobchandra Agrawal
Khoobchandra Agrawal
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04:05

Problem 52

A horizontal cylindrical tank 2.20 m in diameter is half full of water. The space above the water is filled with a pressurized gas of unknown refractive index. A small laser can move along the curved bottom of the water and aims a light beam toward the center of the water surface ($\textbf{Fig. P33.52}$). You observe that when the laser has moved a distance $S$ = 1.09 m or more (measured along the curved surface) from the lowest point in the water, no light enters the gas. (a) What is the index of refraction of the gas? (b) What minimum time does it take the light beam to travel from the laser to the rim of the tank when (i) $S$ > 1.09 m and (ii) $S$ < 1.09 m?

Dading Chen
Dading Chen
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06:01

Problem 53

The incident angle ua shown in $\textbf{Fig. P33.53}$ is chosen so that the light passes symmetrically through the prism, which has refractive index $n$ and apex angle $A$. (a) Show that the angle of deviation $\delta$ (the angle between the initial and final directions of the ray) is given by $$ \mathrm{sin} {A + \delta \over 2} = n \, \mathrm{sin} {A \over 2}$$ (When the light passes through symmetrically, as shown, the angle of deviation is a minimum.) (b) Use the result of part (a) to find the angle of deviation for a ray of light passing symmetrically through a prism having three equal angles ($A$ = 60.0$^\circ$) and $n$ = 1.52. (c) A certain glass has a refractive index of 1.61 for red light (700 nm) and 1.66 for violet light (400 nm). If both colors pass through symmetrically, as described in part (a), and if $A$ = 60.0$^\circ$, find the difference between the angles of deviation for the two colors.

Salamat Ali
Salamat Ali
Numerade Educator
06:48

Problem 54

Light is incident in air at an angle $\theta_a$ ($\textbf{Fig. P33.54}$) on the upper surface of a transparent plate, the surfaces of the plate being plane and parallel to each other. (a) Prove that $\theta_a = \theta'_a$. (b) Show that this is true for any number of different parallel plates. (c) Prove that the lateral displacement $d$ of the emergent beam is given by the relationship $$d = t {\mathrm{sin} (\theta_a - \theta'_b) \over \mathrm{cos} \theta'}$$ where $t$ is the thickness of the plate. (d) A ray of light is incident at an angle of 66.0$^\circ$ on one surface of a glass plate 2.40 cm thick with an index of refraction of 1.80. The medium on either side of the plate is air. Find the lateral displacement between the incident and emergent rays.

Khoobchandra Agrawal
Khoobchandra Agrawal
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02:31

Problem 55

A beam of unpolarized sunlight strikes the vertical plastic wall of a water tank at an unknown angle. Some of the light reflects from the wall and enters the water ($\textbf{Fig. P33.55}$). The refractive index of the plastic wall is 1.61. If the light that has been reflected from the wall into the water is observed to be completely polarized, what angle does this beam make with the normal inside the water?

Khoobchandra Agrawal
Khoobchandra Agrawal
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09:15

Problem 56

A thin beam of white light is directed at a flat sheet of silicate flint glass at an angle of 20.0$^\circ$ to the surface of the sheet. Due to dispersion in the glass, the beam is spread out in a spectrum as shown in $\textbf{Fig. P33.56}$. The refractive index of silicate flint glass versus wavelength is graphed in Fig. 33.17. (a) The rays $a$ and $b$ shown in Fig. P33.56 correspond to the extreme wavelengths shown in Fig. 33.17. Which corresponds to red and which to violet? Explain your reasoning. (b) For what thickness $d$ of the glass sheet will the spectrum be 1.0 mm wide, as shown (see Problem 33.54)?

Khoobchandra Agrawal
Khoobchandra Agrawal
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06:13

Problem 57

In physics lab, you are studying the properties of four transparent liquids. You shine a ray of light (in air) onto the surface of each liquid ${-A, B, C, and \space D-}$ one at a time, at a 60.0$^\circ$ angle of incidence; you then measure the angle of refraction. The table gives your data:

The wavelength of the light when it is traveling in air is 589 nm. (a) Find the refractive index of each liquid at this wavelength. Use Table 33.1 to identify each liquid, assuming that all four are listed in the table. (b) For each liquid, what is the dielectric constant $K$ at the frequency of the 589-nm light? For each liquid, the relative permeability $(K_m)$ is very close to unity. (c) What is the frequency of the light in air and in each liquid?

Khoobchandra Agrawal
Khoobchandra Agrawal
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04:40

Problem 58

Given small samples of three liquids, you are asked to determine their refractive indexes. However, you do not have enough of each liquid to measure the angle of refraction for light refracting from air into the liquid. Instead, for each liquid, you take a rectangular block of glass ($n$ = 1.52) and place a drop of the liquid on the top surface of the block. You shine a laser beam with wavelength 638 nm in vacuum at one side of the block and measure the largest angle of incidence $\theta_a$ for which there is total internal reflection at the interface between the glass and the liquid ($\textbf{Fig. P33.58}$). Your results are given in the table:

What is the refractive index of each liquid at this wavelength?

João Gabriel Alencar Caribé
João Gabriel Alencar Caribé
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Problem 59

A beam of light traveling horizontally is made of an unpolarized component with intensity $I_0$ and a polarized component with intensity $I_p$. The plane of polarization of the polarized component is oriented at an angle $\theta$ with respect to the vertical. $\textbf{Figure P33.59}$ is a graph of the total intensity $I_{total}$ after the light passes through a polarizer versus the angle a that the polarizer's axis makes with respect to the vertical. (a) What is the orientation of the polarized component? (That is, what is $\theta$?) (b) What are the values of $I_0$ and $I_p$?

Lainey Roebuck
Lainey Roebuck
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07:04

Problem 60

A rainbow is produced by the reflection of sunlight by spherical drops of water in the air. $\textbf{Figure P33.60}$ shows a ray that refracts into a drop at point $A$, is reflected from the back surface of the drop at point $B$, and refracts back into the air at point $C$. The angles of incidence and refraction, $\theta_a$ and $\theta_b$ , are shown at points $A$ and $C$, and the angles of incidence and reflection, ua and ur , are shown at point $B$. (a) Show that $\theta^B_a$ = $\theta^A_b$ , $\theta^C_a$ = $\theta^A_b $, and $\theta^C_b$ = $\theta^A_a$ . (b) Show that the angle in radians between the ray before it enters the drop at $A$ and after it exits at $C$ (the total angular deflection of the ray) is $\Delta= 2\theta^A_a - 4\theta^A_b + \pi$. ($Hint$: Find the angular deflections that occur at $A$, $B$, and $C$, and add them to get $\Delta$.) (c) Use Snell's law to write $\Delta$ in terms of $A$ a and n, the refractive index of the water in the drop. (d) A rainbow will form when the angular deflection $\Delta$ is $stationary$ in the incident angle $\theta^A_a$ -that is, when $d\Delta/d\theta^A_a$ = 0. If this condition is satisfied, all the rays with incident angles close to $\theta^A_a$ will be sent back in the same direction, producing a bright zone in the sky. Let $\theta_1$ be the value of $\theta^A_a)$ for which this occurs. Show that $cos^2\theta_1$ = $1 \over 3$ ($n^2$ - 10). ($Hint$: You may find the derivative formula $d($arcsin$ u(x)22/dx$ = ${(1 - u^2)^{-1/2}}(du/dx)$ helpful.) (e) The index of refraction in water is 1.342 for violet light and 1.330 for red light. Use the results of parts (c) and (d) to find $\theta_1$ and $\Delta$ really never } for violet and red light. Do your results agree with the angles shown in Fig. 33.19d? When you view the rainbow, which color, red or violet, is higher above the horizon?

Dading Chen
Dading Chen
Numerade Educator
09:15

Problem 61

A ${secondary} \space {rainbow}$ is formed when the incident light undergoes two internal reflections in a spherical drop of water as shown in Fig. 33.19e. (See Challenge Problem 33.60.)
(a) In terms of the incident angle $\theta^A_a$ and the refractive index n of the drop, what is the angular deflection $\Delta$ of the ray? That is, what is the angle between the ray before it enters the drop and after it exits? (b) What is the incident angle $\theta_2$ for which the derivative of $\Delta$ with respect to the incident angle $\theta^A_a$ is zero? (c) The indexes of refraction for red and violet light in water are given in part (e) of Challenge Problem 33.60. Use the results of parts (a) and (b) to find $\theta_2$ and $\Delta$ for violet and red light. Do your results agree with the angles shown in Fig. 33.19e? When you view a secondary rainbow, is red or violet higher above the horizon? Explain.

Khoobchandra Agrawal
Khoobchandra Agrawal
Numerade Educator
02:46

Problem 62

First, light with a plane of polarization at 45 degrees to the horizontal shines on the insect. Which statement is true about the two types of cells? (a) Both types detect this light. (b) Neither type detects this light. (c) Only type H detects the light. (d) Only type V detects the light.

Khoobchandra Agrawal
Khoobchandra Agrawal
Numerade Educator
01:28

Problem 63

Next, unpolarized light is reflected off a smooth horizontal piece of glass, and the reflected light shines on the insect. Which statement is true about the two types of cells? (a) When the light is directly above the glass, only type V detects the reflected light. (b) When the light is directly above the glass, only type H
detects the reflected light. (c) When the light is about 35 degrees above the horizontal, type V responds much more strongly than type H does. (d) When the light is about 35$^\circ$ above the horizontal, type H responds much more strongly than type V does.

Khoobchandra Agrawal
Khoobchandra Agrawal
Numerade Educator
02:53

Problem 64

To vary the angle as well as the intensity of polarized light, ordinary unpolarized light is passed through one polarizer with its transmission axis vertical, and then a second polarizer is placed between the first polarizer and the insect. When the light leaving the second polarizer has half the intensity of the original unpolarized light, which statement is true about the two types of cells? (a) Only type H detects this light. (b) Only type V detects this light. (c) Both types detect this light, but type H detects more light. (d) Both types detect this light, but type V detects more light.

Khoobchandra Agrawal
Khoobchandra Agrawal
Numerade Educator