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Tutorial 4 Polarisation

This document contains 15 practice problems about polarization and optical rotation. The problems cover topics like calculating the angle of polarization for light passing through an interface, determining the intensity of light transmitted through multiple polarizers, calculating the refractive index given the angle of total polarization, and using specific rotation to determine concentration of sugar solutions from their measured optical rotation. The document is a tutorial sheet intended to help students practice applying concepts of polarization.

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Tutorial 4 Polarisation

This document contains 15 practice problems about polarization and optical rotation. The problems cover topics like calculating the angle of polarization for light passing through an interface, determining the intensity of light transmitted through multiple polarizers, calculating the refractive index given the angle of total polarization, and using specific rotation to determine concentration of sugar solutions from their measured optical rotation. The document is a tutorial sheet intended to help students practice applying concepts of polarization.

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Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology

(DeraBassi)
School of Physics and Material Sciences
Applied Physics (UPH004)

Tutorial sheet 4 [Polarization]

1. A glass plate is to be used as polarizer. Find the angle of polarization for it. Also find the
angle of refraction. Given µ for glass =1.54.
2. Two polarizing sheets have their polarizing directions parallel so that the intensity of
transmitted light is a maximum. Through what angle either sheet is turned so that intensity
becomes one half of the initialvalue.
3. When sunlight falls on the surface of water at an angle of 53° the reflected light is found
to be completely plane polarised. Find the angle of refraction and refractive index of
water.
4. The refractive index of glass and water are 1.54 and 1.33 respectively. Find the angle of
polarization when light incidents on the interface from water and from glass side.
5. You have three polarisers, A,B and C with their transmission axis, respectively, at 0°, 90°
and 30° to the vertical. If a light beam has to be passed through all of the polarisers
(a) What is the correct order of them to get nonzero intensity passed through the system?
(b) With the order in (a) what is the intensity of the light transmitted through the system?
(c) Find the optimum angle of transmission axis of polarizer C to the vertical which will
give maximum intensity at the end.
6. Between two polaroids placed in crossed position a third polaroid is introduced.The axis of
the third polaroid makes an angle of 30° with that of the first. Find the fraction of incident
light intensity transmitted light from the system.
7. When sun is at 37° angle from horizon, then reflected light from water surface is totally
polarised.Find refractive index of the water.
8. Two nicols are first crossed and then one of them is rotated through 60°. Calculate the
percentage of incident lighttransmitted.
9. Calculate the thickness of double refracting crystal to introduce a path difference of λ/2
between E and O rays, when λ = 6000Å, µo = 1.55 andµE= 1.54.
10. For wavelength of light 4000 Å, a quarter wave plateis made up of calcite. Given that µo =
1.55 andµE = 1.54. Find the thickness of plate.
11. Calculate the minimum thickness of a calcite plate which would convert plane polarised
light of wavelength 589 nm into circularly polarised light. Given µo = 1.658 andµE =
1.486. What multiples of this thickness will do the same?
12. Discuss the state of polarization when x and y component of the electric field are given by
the followingequations
(a) Ex = E0cos (ωt + kz) and Ey= E0`cos (ωt + kz + π)
(b) Ex = E0cos (ωt + kz) and Ey= E0cos (ωt`+ kz + π/2)
13. A tube of sugar solution 25 cm long is placed between crossed Nicols and illuminated with
light of wavelength 6 x 10-5 cm. If the optical rotation produced is 13° and specific rotation
is 52°, determine the strength of solution.
14. A certain length of 5% solution causes the optical rotation of 20°. How much length of
10% solution of the same substance will cause 35° rotation?
15. A sugar solution in a 20 cm long tube produces optical rotation of 13°. If the solution is
diluted to one fourth of its present concentration find the optical rotation produced by 30
cm long solution containing tube.
16. In a sugar factory a solution of 80 g sugar sample was made with water and was put in a 20
cm long tube. This tube gave an optical rotation of 10°. If specific rotation of pure sugar
solution is 65° dm-1g-1cm3, find the percentage purity of sugar produced in the factory.

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