PHYS 3190, Applied Optics Exam #2 Practice Exam Dr.

John Sohl

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0 = 8.8542 10-12 C2 N-1 m-2, 0 = 4 10-7 kg m A-2 s-2, c = 3 108 m/s, h = 6.626 X 10-34 J s 1. (10 pts) Light of continuously variable wavelength illuminates normally a thin oil (index of 1.30) film on a glass surface (nglass = 1.50). Extinction of the reflected light is observed to occur at wavelengths of 525 and 675 nm in the visible spectrum. Determine the thickness of the oil film and the orders of the interference.

2. (4 pts) When one mirror of a Michelson interferometer is translated by 0.0114 cm, 523 fringes are observed to pass the crosshair of the viewing telescope. Calculate the wavelength of the light.

3. (6 pts) The plates of a Fabry-Perot interferometer have a reflectance coefficient of r = 0.99. Calculate the minimum (a) resolving power and (b) plate separation that will accomplish the resolution of the two components of the H-alpha doublet of the hydrogen spectrum whose separation is 9.472 GHz at 6563 .

4. (6 pts) The indices of refraction for the fast and slow axes of calcite (CaCO3) with 589.3 nm light are 1.4864 and 1.6584 respectively. (a) What is the thickness of a zeroth-order QWP?

(b) If a multiple-order calcite plate 0.998 mm thick functions as a QWP, what is its order?

5. (4 pts) At a particular wavelength the index of refraction for isotropic (non-crystalline) quartz is 1.548. What is Brewsters angle for a ray of light incident from fresh water where n=1.333? (I.e., the quartz is submerged in water.)

6. (10 pts) The Tactical High Energy Laser (THEL) Demonstrator for shooting down missiles using a laser beam has an aperture of 58 cm and operates at a wavelength of 2.0 microns. The maximum range is estimated to be approximately 5 km. While the exact power output is classified, it is common knowledge that this H-F (hydrogen fluoride) laser probably operates with a power output of about 100-kW. (By the way, the THEL costs about $8,000 per shot and can do about 60 shots between refurbishments and refueling. Another application is for shooting down fighter jets. Currently THEL is about the size of 4 or 5 mobile homes.) (a) What is the radius of the laser spot at the maximum range of 5 km?

(b) What is the irradiance of the beam at this location?

Images from the THEL program which is a US government funded Israeli military weapons program:

7. (10 pts) The Jarrel-Ash 0.25-meter spectrograph in the lab provides a minimum of 0.2 first order resolution anywhere in the visible spectrum (400 to 700 nm). The ruled width of the grating is 5.0 cm. (a) Determine the minimum number of grooves required.

(b) If the diffraction pattern is focused 25-cm from the grating, what is the linear separation of a 0.2 interval in the vicinity of = 550 nm?

Bonus Problem (6 points) An echelle grating is ruled over 12 cm of width with 8 grooves/mm and is blazed at 63. Determine for a Littrow configuration the following: (a) The range of orders in which the visible spectrum (400 to 700 nm) appears.

(b) The resolving power and minimum resolvable wavelength interval at 550 nm.

(c) The free spectral range assuming the shortest wavelength present is 350 nm.