Indian Institute of Technology Ropar

PHL 457 Engineering Photonics Total Marks: 15

Quiz -1 Time: 45 minutes
(10/09/2015)
Instructions:
1. Please write the equations wherever required.
2. Include all the steps in arriving at the answer and not just the final answer.
3. Attempt as many questions as you can.
4. Return the question paper along with answer sheet.
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1) Light having energy of 1 eV is propagating through vacuum. Calculate the corresponding
wavelength and the momentum of the photons; when it hit a surface. (2 mark)
2) Light is incident on an Aluminum metal plate with energy of 5 eV. The work function of
the metal is 4.28 eV. Does an electron will eject? If so, what is the kinetic energy of the
ejected electron? (1 mark)
3) Light of wavelength is completely illuminating a slit of width d such that ~ d. Calculate
the uncertainty in the momentum of the photons on the screen. (2 mark)
4) Two waves with wave-function 1 and 2 with equal amplitude A is incident on both the
slits in the double slit experiment. What is the amplitude of the interfering beam at the
mid-point (equidistant from the two slits) on the screen? (1 mark)
5) An electromagnetic wave propagates in the x direction with its electric field points in y
direction has the form: Ey = E0 Sin (kx-t); i.e. polarized in the y direction. Write down
the component of the magnetic field associated with this wave using Maxwells equation.
(2 mark)
6) Show that the electric and magnetic energy associated with an electromagnetic wave in
vacuum is identical. (1 mark)
7) Two different light waves are propagating through vacuum has the form y1 = y0 sin(k1x-
1t) and y2 = y0 sin (k2x-2t). What is the value of phase velocity and group velocity
associated with these light waves? (2 mark)
8) Show the schematic diagram of dispersion relation for light propagating in two different
material of refractive indices n1 and n2 with n1 < n2. (1 mark)
9) Light with transverse electric (TE) polarization is incident on a dielectric boundary at
angle of incidence of 45 with respect to the normal to the dielectric surface. Write down
the boundary conditions satisfied by the electric and magnetic fields at the interface. (2
mark)
10) Write the transfer matrix elements for a dielectric layer of refractive index n having an
optical thickness of /2. (1 mark)