
How do you find the numerical aperture?
Important Questions on Ray Optics






What is optical fibre? Write its two important uses.


Light guidance in an optical fiber can be understood by considering a structure comprising of thin solid glass cylinder of refractive index surrounded by a medium of lower refractive index . The light guidance in the structure takes place due to successive total internal reflections at the interface of the media and as shown in the figure. All rays with the angle of incidence less than a particular value are confined in the medium of refractive index . The numerical aperture (NA) of the structure is defined as .
If two structures of same cross-sectional area, but different numerical apertures and are joined longitudinally, the numerical aperture of the combined structure is

Light guidance in an optical fiber can be understood by considering a structure comprising of thin solid glass cylinder of refractive index surrounded by a medium of lower refractive index . The light guidance in the structure takes place due to successive total internal reflections at the interface of the media and as shown in the figure. All rays with the angle of incidence less than a particular value are confined in the medium of refractive index . The numerical aperture (NA) of the structure is defined as .
For two structures namely with and , and with and and taking the refractive index of water to be and that of air to be 1, the correct option(s) is (are)


(refractive index of fiber is , and .)



In an optical fibre, the propagation of light occurs due to which phenomenon? Write answer only.




The principle used in the transmission of signals through an optical fibre is

[Speed of light



