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Important Questions on Optics

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

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The best quality optical fibres are made of :
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The refractive index of glass is 32 and that of water is 43. The critical angle for a ray of light going from glass to water is
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Optical fibres make use of the phenomenon of
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Optical fibres work on the phenomenon of :
 
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The principle used in the transmission of signals through an optical fibre is

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Which of the following phenomena is used in optical fibres?
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A signal of 100THz frequency can be transmitted with maximum efficiency by
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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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What is optical fibre? Write its two important uses. 

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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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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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Which of the following is used in optical fibres?
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What happens inside optical fibre?
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If μ1 and  μ2 are the refractive indices of the materials of core and cladding of an optical fibre, then the loss of light due to its leakage can be minimized by having
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Advantages of optical fiber communications over two wire transmission line or co - axial cable transmission are
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The optical fibres have an inner core of refractive index n1 and a cladding of refractive index n2 such that