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Advanced Optics Homework 3 - : Problem 1. Prove That

This document contains 6 homework problems about advanced optics concepts: 1. Prove an equation relating change in phase difference to focal length. 2. Calculate the radius of curvature of a lens using Newton's rings observed with 500nm light and a ring radius of 1cm. 3. Determine the number of bright fringes that will be seen across a wedge-shaped air film made between glass sheets using 500nm light. 4. Calculate how many fringe pairs will shift when all the air is pumped out of a Michelson interferometer cell that is 10cm long and illuminated with 600nm light. 5. Given mirror reflectance coefficients, calculate coefficient of finesse, half-width,

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Advanced Optics Homework 3 - : Problem 1. Prove That

This document contains 6 homework problems about advanced optics concepts: 1. Prove an equation relating change in phase difference to focal length. 2. Calculate the radius of curvature of a lens using Newton's rings observed with 500nm light and a ring radius of 1cm. 3. Determine the number of bright fringes that will be seen across a wedge-shaped air film made between glass sheets using 500nm light. 4. Calculate how many fringe pairs will shift when all the air is pumped out of a Michelson interferometer cell that is 10cm long and illuminated with 600nm light. 5. Given mirror reflectance coefficients, calculate coefficient of finesse, half-width,

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Advanced Optics

Homework 3 – due March 30 2022


Problem 1. Prove that:

∆𝛿 = 4.2⁄
√𝐹
Problem 2. (9.32 in 4th ed.) Newton’s rings are observed on a film with quasi-
monochromatic light that has a wavelength of 500 nm. If the 20th bright ring has a
radius of 1 cm, what is the radius of curvature of the lens forming one part of the
interfering system?

Problem 3. (9.34 in 4th ed.) suppose a wedge-shaped air film is made between two
sheets of glass, with a piece of paper 7.618×10-5 m thick used as the spacer at their very
ends. If light of wavelength 500 nm comes down from directly above, determine the
number of bright fringes that will be seen across the wedge.

Problem 4. (9.37 in 4th ed.) Suppose we place a chamber 10.0 cm long with flat parallel
windows in one arm of a Michelson Interferometer illuminated by 600-nm light. If the
refractive index of air is 1.00029 and all the air is pumped out of the cell, how many
fringe-pairs will shift by in the process?

Problem 5. (9.40 in 4th ed. or 9.54 in 5th ed.) Given that the mirrors of a Fabry–Perot
Interferometer have an amplitude reflection coefficient of r = 0.8944, find

(a) the coefficient of finesse,

(b) the half-width,

(c) the finesse, and,

(d) the contrast factor defined by


𝐼
( 𝑡⁄𝐼 )
𝑖 𝑚𝑎𝑥
𝐶=
𝐼
( 𝑡⁄𝐼 )
𝑖 𝑚𝑖𝑛

Problem 6. (9.42 in 4th ed. or 9.56 in 5th ed.) Consider the interference pattern of the
Michelson Interferometer as arising from two beams of equal flux density. Using Eq.
(9.17), compute the half-width. What is the separation, in d, between adjacent maxima?
What then is the finesse?

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