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Important Questions on Ray Optics

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Define critical angle.
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The sparkle of a diamond can be explained by which phenomenon of light ?
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Light guidance in an optical fiber can be understood by considering a structure comprising of thin solid glass cylinder of refractive index n1 surrounded by a medium of lower refractive index n2. The light guidance in the structure takes place due to successive total internal reflections at the interface of the media n1 and n2 as shown in the figure. All rays with the angle of incidence i less than a particular value im are confined in the medium of refractive index n1 . The numerical aperture (NA) of the structure is defined as sinim.

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For two structures namely S1 with n1=454 and n2=32 , and S2 with n1=85 and n2=75 and taking the refractive index of water to be 43 and that of air to be 1, the correct option(s) is (are)

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State one important factor which affects the critical angle of a given medium.
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In figure, the optical fiber is l=2 m long and has a diameter of d=20 μm. If a ray of light is incident on one end of the fiber at angle θ1=40° , the number of reflections it makes before emerging from the other end is close to:
(refractive index of fiber is 1.31 , sin 40°=0.64 and sin-10.49=30° .)
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A planar structure of length L and width W is made of two different optical media of refractive indices n1=1.5 and n2=1.44 as shown in figure. If LW, a ray entering from end AB will emerge from end CD only if the total internal reflection condition is met inside the structure. For L=9.6 m, if the incident angle θ is varied, the maximum time taken by a ray to exit the plane CD is t×10-9s, where t is ____.

[Speed of light c=3×108m s-1]
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Light guidance in an optical fiber can be understood by considering a structure comprising of thin solid glass cylinder of refractive index n1 surrounded by a medium of lower refractive index n2. The light guidance in the structure takes place due to successive total internal reflections at the interface of the media n1 and n2 as shown in the figure. All rays with the angle of incidence i less than a particular value im are confined in the medium of refractive index n1 . The numerical aperture (NA) of the structure is defined as sinim.

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If two structures of same cross-sectional area, but different numerical apertures NA1 and NA2 NA2<NA1 are joined longitudinally, the numerical aperture of the combined structure is

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Transmission of light to large distances through optical fibres is based on
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What is Snell's window or radius of illumination?
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The communication using optical fibres is based on the principle of
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A rectangular glass slab ABCD of refractive index n 1  is immersed in water of refractive index n 2 n 1 > n 2 . A ray of light is incident at the surface AB of the slab as shown. The maximum value of the angle of incidence α max'  such that the ray comes out only from the surface CD, is given by

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What is Snell's law of refraction?
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How dark is the bottom of the ocean?
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A ray of light propagates from glass (refractive index=32) to water (refractive index =43).The value of the critical angle is
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How far can you see underwater?
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Represent the union of two sets by Venn diagram for each of the following.

X={x | x is a prime number between 80 and 100}

Y={y | y is an odd number between 90 and 100}

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What is Snell's Window?
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The Snell's law can be derived from which type of incidence?
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The Snell's law given by
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How far can you see underwater?