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Sheet on Lectures 3, 4 and 5

Q1. Answer each of the following

a) What is the electromagnetic (EM) spectrum?


b) What is the wave equation and its significance in optical sensors?
c) Explain the concept of phase in a wave using its mathematical representation.
d) Describe how a Polaroid film works as a polarizer.
e) Explain Malus's law and its application in polarizers.
f) What are the conditions for a linearly polarized wave?
g) How is the phase difference between components related to circular polarization?
h) What is transverse electric (TE) polarization, and how is it identified?
i) Explain transverse magnetic (TM) polarization.
j) What are the primary uses of Polaroid films in practical applications?
k) Define the Brewster angle and its relevance in optics.
l) What is the role of Brewster angle microscopes in material analysis?
m) Discuss the limitations of sensors based on the Brewster angle.
n) How can the Brewster angle be used for high-sensitivity hydrogen gas detection?
o) What is the Generalized Brewster Angle (GBA), and how is it achieved?

Q2. What is the difference between

A) circularly and elliptically polarized waves?


B) scalar wave function, and vector wave function?
C) TE and TM polarizations at normal incidence on the grating
D) Brewster angle for p-polarized and s-polarized light

Q3. Derive

A) the reflection amplitude coefficients for s polarized waves.


B) the transmission amplitude coefficients for p-polarized waves.
C) The sensitivity for 2-layer Brewster angle sensor.
D) The output Intensity of two polarizer with relative angle 45 0

Q4. Calculate the magnitude and phase of reflectance, R if the light incident normally
from Si (n = 3.5) on

A. a glass medium of refractive index 1.5


B. metal surface with complex refractive index 0.14+j 4.11 at 𝜆 = 500 𝑛𝑚
C. Repeat the solution of A and B if the incident angle 70

Q5. A light wave has electric field components Ex=5cos(ωt−kz) and Ey=5sin(ωt−kz).
Determine the type of polarization and the direction of rotation (clockwise or
counterclockwise).
Q6. The electric field in free space is given by

𝐸 = 50 cos(10 𝑡 + 𝛽𝑧) 𝑦

a) Find the direction of wave propagation


b) Calculate 𝛽 𝑎𝑛𝑑 the wavelength
c) Calculate the time it takes to travel a distance of 𝜆
d) Express and sketch the function at t=0, T/4, T/2 and T

Q7. Define each of the following items

a) Polarizer
b) Polaroid film
c) Dipole radiation

Q8. Given three polarizer arrangement shown below, calculate the output
𝐼 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑚𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝐼 for each of the following cases

a) 𝜃 = 30
b) 𝜃 = 45
c) 𝜃 = 60

Q9. A light wave has electric field components Ex=10cos(ωt−kz) and Ey=5cos(ωt−kz+π/4).
Determine the type of polarization and the direction of rotation (clockwise or
counterclockwise).

Q10. For the 2 layered Brewster angle sensor given below, calculate the Brewster angle and
sensitivity if

a) The refractive index of Glucose solution.is 1.33


b) The refractive index of Glucose solution.is 1.34

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