1 Physics And Measurement 2 Motion In One Dimension 3 Vectors 4 Motion In Two Dimensions 5 The Laws Of Motion 6 Circular Motion And Other Applications Of Newton’s Laws 7 Energy Of A System 8 Conservation Of Energy 9 Linear Momentum And Collisions 10 Rotation Of A Rigid Object About A Fixed Axis 11 Angular Momentum 12 Static Equilibrium And Elasticity 13 Universal Gravitation 14 Fluid Mechanics 15 Oscillatory Motion 16 Wave Motion 17 Sound Waves 18 Superposition And Standing Waves 19 Temperature 20 The First Law Of Thermodynamics 21 The Kinetic Theory Of Gases 22 Heat Engines, Entropy, And The Second Law Of Thermodynamics 23 Electric Fields 24 Gauss’s Law 25 Electric Potential 26 Capacitance And Dielectrics 27 Current And Resistance 28 Direct-current Circuits 29 Magnetic Fields 30 Sources Of The Magnetic Field 31 Faraday’s Law 32 Inductance 33 Alternating Current Circuits 34 Electromagnetic Waves 35 The Nature Of Light And The Principles Of Ray Optics 36 Image Formation 37 Wave Optics 38 Diffraction Patterns And Polarization 39 Relativity Chapter38: Diffraction Patterns And Polarization
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Problem 38.1QQ: Suppose the slit width in Figure 37.4 is made half as wide. Does the central bright fringe (a)... Problem 38.2QQ: Consider the central peak in the diffraction envelope in Figure: 38.7 and look closely at the... Problem 38.3QQ: Cats eyes have pupils that can be modeled as vertical slits. At night, would cats be more successful... Problem 38.4QQ: Suppose you are observing a binary star with a telescope and are having difficulty resolving the two... Problem 38.5QQ: Ultraviolet light of wavelength 350 nm is incident on a diffraction grating with slit spacing d and... Problem 38.6QQ: A polarizer for microwaves can be made as a grid of parallel metal wires approximately 1 cm apart.... Problem 38.7QQ: You are walking down a long hallway that has many light fixtures in the ceiling and a very shiny,... Problem 38.1OQ: Certain sunglasses use a polarizing material to reduce the intensity of light reflected as glare... Problem 38.2OQ: What is most likely to happen to a beam of light when it reflects from a shiny metallic surface at... Problem 38.3OQ: In Figure 38.4, assume the slit is in a barrier that is opaque to x-rays as well as to visible... Problem 38.4OQ: A Fraunhofer diffraction pattern is produced on a screen located 1.00 m from a single slit. If a... Problem 38.5OQ: Consider a wave passing through a single slit. What happens to the width of the central maximum of... Problem 38.6OQ: Assume Figure 38.1 was photographed with red light of a single wavelength 0. The light passed... Problem 38.7OQ: If plane polarized light is sent through two polarizers, the first at 45 to the original plane of... Problem 38.8OQ: Why is it advantageous to use a large-diameter objective lens in a telescoped (a) It diffracts the... Problem 38.9OQ: What combination of optical phenomena causes the bright colored patterns sometimes seen on wet... Problem 38.10OQ Problem 38.11OQ: When unpolarized light passes through a diffraction grating, does it become polarized? (a) No, it... Problem 38.12OQ: Off in the distance, you see the headlights of a car, but they are indistinguishable from the single... Problem 38.1CQ Problem 38.2CQ: Holding your hand at arms length, you can readily block sunlight from reaching your eyes. Why can... Problem 38.3CQ Problem 38.4CQ: (a) Is light from the sky polarized? (b) Why is it that clouds seen through Polaroid glasses stand... Problem 38.5CQ Problem 38.6CQ: If a coin is glued to a glass sheet and this arrangement is held in from of a laser beam, the... Problem 38.7CQ: Fingerprints left on a piece of glass such as a window-pane often show colored spectra like that... Problem 38.8CQ: A laser produces a beam a few millimeters wide, with uniform intensity across its width. A hair is... Problem 38.9CQ Problem 38.10CQ: John William Strutt, Lord Rayleigh (1842-1919), invented an improved foghorn. To warn ships of a... Problem 38.11CQ Problem 38.12CQ Problem 38.1P: Light of wavelength 587.5 nm illuminates a slit of width 0.75 mm. (a) At what distance from the slit... Problem 38.2P: Heliumneon laser light ( = 632.8 nm) is sent through a 0.300-mm-wide single slit. What is the width... Problem 38.3P: Sound with a frequency 650 Hz from a distant source passes through a doorway 1.10 m wide in a... Problem 38.4P: A horizontal laser beam of wavelength 632.8 nm has a circular cross section 2.00 nun in diameter. A... Problem 38.5P: Coherent microwaves of wavelength 5.00 cm enter a tall, narrow window in a building otherwise... Problem 38.6P: Light of wavelength 540 nm passes through a slit of width 0.200 mm. (a) The width of the central... Problem 38.7P: A screen is placed 50.0 cm from a single slit, which is illuminated with light of wavelength 690 nm.... Problem 38.8P: A screen is placed a distance L from a single slit of width a, which is illuminated with light of... Problem 38.9P: Assume light of wavelength 650 nm passes through two slits 3.00 m wide, with their centers 9.00 m... Problem 38.10P: What If? Suppose light strikes a single slit of width a at an angle from the perpendicular... Problem 38.11P: A diffraction pattern is formed on a screen 120 cm away from a 0.400-mm-wide slit. Monochromatic... Problem 38.12P: Coherent light of wavelength 501.5 nm is sent through two parallel slits in an opaque material. Each... Problem 38.13P Problem 38.14P: The pupil of a cats eye narrows to a vertical slit of width 0.500 mm in daylight. Assume the average... Problem 38.15P: The angular resolution of a radio telescope is to be 0.100 when the incident waves have a wavelength... Problem 38.16P: A pinhole camera has a small circular aperture of diameter D. Light from distant objects passes... Problem 38.17P: The objective lens of a certain refracting telescope has a diameter of 58.0 cm. The telescope is... Problem 38.18P: Yellow light of wavelength 589 nm is used to view an object under a microscope. The objective lens... Problem 38.19P: What is the approximate size of the smallest object on the Earth that astronauts can resolve by eye... Problem 38.20P: A heliumneon laser emits light that has a wavelength of 632.8 nm. The circular aperture through... Problem 38.21P: To increase the resolving power of a microscope, the object and the objective are immersed in oil (n... Problem 38.22P: Narrow, parallel, glowing gas-filled tubes in a variety of colors form block letters to spell out... Problem 38.23P: Impressionist painter Georges Seurat created paintings with an enormous number of dots of pure... Problem 38.24P: A circular radar antenna on a Coast Guard ship has a diameter of 2.10 m and radiates at a frequency... Problem 38.25P Problem 38.26P Problem 38.27P: Consider an array of parallel wires with uniform spacing of 1.30 cm between centers. In air at... Problem 38.28P: Three discrete spectral lines occur at angles of 10.1, 13.7, and 14.8 in the first-order spectrum of... Problem 38.29P: The laser in a compact disc player must precisely follow the spiral track on CD, along which the... Problem 38.30P: A grating with 250 grooves/mm is used with an incandescent light source. Assume the visible spectrum... Problem 38.31P: A diffraction grating has 4 200 rulings/cm. On a 2.00 m from the grating. it is found that for a... Problem 38.32P: The hydrogen spectrum includes a red line at 656 nm and a blue-violet line at 434 nm. What are the... Problem 38.33P: Light from an argon laser strikes a diffraction grating that has 5 310 grooves per centimeter. The... Problem 38.34P: Show that whenever white light is passed through a diffraction grating of any spacing size, the... Problem 38.35P: Light of wavelength 500 nm is incident normally on a diffraction grating. If the third-order maximum... Problem 38.36P: A wide beam of laser light with a wavelength of 632.8 nm is directed through several narrow parallel... Problem 38.37P Problem 38.38P Problem 38.39P: Potassium iodide (Kl) has the same crystalline structure as NaCI, with atomic planes separated by... Problem 38.40P Problem 38.41P Problem 38.42P: Why is the following situation impossible? A technician is measuring the index of refraction of a... Problem 38.43P Problem 38.44P: The angle of incidence of a light beam onto a reflecting surface is continuously variable. The... Problem 38.45P: Unpolarized light passes through two ideal Polaroid .sheets. The axis of the first is vertical, and... Problem 38.46P Problem 38.47P: You use a sequence of ideal polarizing niters, each with its axis making the same angle with the... Problem 38.48P: An unpolarized beam of light is incident on a stack of ideal polarizing filters. The axis of the... Problem 38.49P: The critical angle for total internal reflection for sapphire surrounded by air is 34.4. Calculate... Problem 38.50P: For a particular transparent medium surrounded by air, find the polarizing angle p in terms of the... Problem 38.51P: Three polarizing plates whose planes are parallel are centered on a common axis. The directions of... Problem 38.52P: Two polarizing sheets are placed together with their transmission axes crossed so that no light is... Problem 38.53AP: In a single-slit diffraction pattern, assuming each side maximum is halfway between the adjacent... Problem 38.54AP: Laser light with a wavelength of 632.8 nm is directed through one slit or two slits and allowed to... Problem 38.55AP Problem 38.56AP Problem 38.57AP Problem 38.58AP: Two motorcycles separated laterally by 2.30 m are approaching an observer wearing night-vision... Problem 38.59AP: The Very Large Array (VLA) is a set of 27 radio telescope dishes in Catron and Socorro counties, New... Problem 38.60AP: Two wavelengths and + (with ) are incident on a diffraction grating. Show that the angular... Problem 38.61AP: Review. A beam of 541-nm light is incident on a diffraction grating that has 400 grooves/mm. (a)... Problem 38.62AP Problem 38.63AP Problem 38.64AP Problem 38.65AP Problem 38.66AP Problem 38.67AP Problem 38.68AP: A pinhole camera has a small circular aperture of diameter D. Light from distant objects passes... Problem 38.69AP Problem 38.70AP: (a) Light traveling in a medium of index of refraction n1 is incident at an angle on the surface of... Problem 38.71AP: The intensity of light in a diffraction pattern of a single slit is described by the equation... Problem 38.72AP Problem 38.73AP: Two closely spaced wavelengths of light are incident on a diffraction grating. (a) Starting with... Problem 38.74AP: Light of wavelength 632.8 nm illuminates a single slit, and a diffraction pattern is formed on a... Problem 38.75CP Problem 38.76CP: A spy satellite can consist of a large-diameter concave mirror forming an image on a digital-camera... Problem 38.77CP: Suppose the single slit in Figure 38.4 is 6.00 cm wide and in front of a microwave source operating... Problem 38.78CP: In Figure P37.52, suppose the transmission axes of the left and right polarizing disks are... Problem 38.79CP: Consider a light wave passing through a slit and propagating toward a distant screen. Figure P37.53... Problem 38.24P: A circular radar antenna on a Coast Guard ship has a diameter of 2.10 m and radiates at a frequency...
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Transcribed Image Text: Range of frequencies or wavelengths over which electromagnetic radiation can propagate.
Transparent
Opaque
Coherent
Electromagnetic wave
Electromagnetic spectrum
Interaction between an electric field and a magnetic field.
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