Exam 33: Electromagnetic Waves

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The rectangular metal tank shown is filled with an unknown liquid. The observer, whose eye is level with the top of the tank, can just see corner E. The index of refraction of this liquid is: The rectangular metal tank shown is filled with an unknown liquid. The observer, whose eye is level with the top of the tank, can just see corner E. The index of refraction of this liquid is:

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The index of refraction of a substance is:

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A clear sheet of polaroid is placed on top of a similar sheet so that their polarizing axes make an angle of 30 °\degree with each other. The ratio of the intensity of emerging light to incident unpolarized light is:

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The illustration shows total internal reflection taking place in apeice of glass. The index of refraction of this glass: The illustration shows total internal reflection taking place in apeice of glass. The index of refraction of this glass:

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Consider: radio waves (r), visible light (v), infrared (i), x-rays (x), and ultraviolet (u). In order of increasing frequency, they are:

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A sinusoidal electromagnetic wave with an electric field amplitude of 100 V/m is incident normally on a surface with an area of 1 cm2 and is completely absorbed. The energy absorbed in 10 s is:

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Polarization experiments provide evidence that light is:

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The electric field in unpolarized light:

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Evidence that electromagnetic waves carry momentum is:

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An electromagnetic wave is transporting energy in the negative y direction. At one point and one instant the magnetic field is in the positive x direction. The electric field at that point and instant is:

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The critical angle for total internal reflection at a diamond-air interface is 25 °\degree . Suppose light is incident at an angle of θ\theta with the normal. Total internal reflection will occur if the incident medium is:

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If nwater = 1.33, what is the angle of refraction for the ray shown? If n<sub>water</sub> = 1.33, what is the angle of refraction for the ray shown?

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A ray of light passes obliquely through a plate of glass having parallel faces. The emerging ray:

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The order of increasing wavelength for blue (b), green (g), red (r), and yellow (y) light is:

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The separation of white light into colors by a prism is associated with:

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If the amplitude of the electric field in a plane electromagnetic wave is 100 V/m then the amplitude of the magnetic field is:

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An unpolarized beam of light has intensity I0. It is incident on two ideal polarizing sheets. The angle between the axes of polarization of these sheets is θ\theta . Find θ\theta if the emerging light has intensity I0/4:

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The dimensions of The dimensions of   are: are:

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Light with an intensity of 1 kW/m2 falls normally on a surface with an area of 1 cm2 and is completely absorbed. The force of the radiation on the surface is:

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The time for a radar signal to travel to the Capital and back, a one-way distance of about 3.8*108 m, is:

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