PHYS454, Midterm, March 04 2009

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The electric vector of an electromagnetic wave traveling in the y-direction is
 =
  (
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(a) Find the magnetic vector.
 =
  (
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[sol] 
1.

(b) Find the phase velocity

[sol]   = 


=




(c) The time average intensity of light passing through an area of 10-5 square meters is 0.1 mW.
Find the magnitude of the electric vector.
[sol]  =   



 $% = power passing through surface

 &  
 ' (10* ) = (0.1 , 10- )






= 86.8

2.
(a) An elementary particle is traveling at 0.9 times the speed of light. What is the ratio of its
kinetic energy T to the rest mass mC2.
[sol] 2 =

3415 6
15 6

if v=0.9C, then 2=2.294

7  2 = 8 + 7 
3

15 6

= 2 1 = 1.294

(b) An elementary particle traveling at =0.99 enters a section of beam pipe 10 meters long.
How long does the beam pipe appear to the particle.
[sol] , = >1 ?  /  ,
= >1 B  ,

= 1 0.99 (10)
= 1.411 m

3.
Unpolarized light is incident on water of index of refraction 1.33. The unpolarized light consists
of a mixture for TE and TM modes with equal intensities. The reflected light will be partially
polarized. The degree of polarization is defined as the difference between the intensities of the
reflected TE and TM modes divided by the sum of these two intensities. Calculate the degree of
polarization for the reflected light for angle of incidence equal to 30.
[sol] degree of polarization =
8K M =

8
M =

3D(EFGHF5 FI)3J(EFGHF5 FI)

3D(EFGHF5 FI)43J(EFGHF5 FI)

NO6 PQR(S)OT PQRNS U VV

(OT PQR(S U )4O6 PQR(S))6

NOT PQR(S)O6 PQRNSU VV

(OT PQR(S)4O6 PQR(SU ))6

= 0.012

= 0.031

X Y :  sin(X ) =  sin(X )
(1) sin(30) = (1.33)sin (X )
X 22

degree of polarization 44%

4.
(a) Show that the skin depth in a poor conductor (<<) is = (2/) ( /).
[sol] ` = ab

cd


/

eb1 + & ' 1h

f

cg

f 

approx b1 + & ' = 1 +

` ab

cd


ab

$=

p6

i 6
'
jk

i 6
'
jk


/

no

& ' & ' = (b )



(b )
f
d


&

& ' lm

cd


cd

&

cd

(b) Find the fraction of light reflected from water at normal incident.
(for water =80.1o, = 4 x 10 -6 -1 m-1 for a frequency of 1000 Hz.)
[sol]  =

q T

 =

5 T

and M = (O6

(O OT )6
6
6 4OT )
f 

/

 = ab  eb1 + &cd' + 1h
g

cd

= 9.64

(where

cg

= 0.90)

= 2.0196 , 10r

M = (s.tr4)6 = 0.66
(s.tr)6