
Total internal reflection can happen when light enters from rarer medium to denser medium.

Important Questions on Ray Optics

A small coin is fixed at the center of the base of an empty cylindrical steel container having radius and height . At time , the container starts getting filled with water at a flowrate of without disturbing the coin. Find the approximate time when the coin will first be seen by the observer "" from the height of above and radially away from the coin as shown in the figure. Refractive index of water 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)



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


The prism will:

[Speed of light


If the refractive index of water with respect to air () is . Calculate the refractive index of air with respect to water ().

What is the relation between the refractive index of water with respect to air , and the refractive index of air with respect to water .



The diagram below shows a light source P embedded in a rectangular glass block ABCD of critical angle 42°. Complete the path of the ray PQ till it emerges out of the block. Write necessary angles.





Then, must satisfy



A diver, below water surface is trying to shine a torch light towards the point O which is horizontally away. The amount and direction in which diver has to swim (in the figure) so that the light can not travel outside the surface of water is (Refractive index of water )



