![Essential University Physics (3rd Edition)](https://www.bartleby.com/isbn_cover_images/9780134202709/9780134202709_largeCoverImage.gif)
Essential University Physics (3rd Edition)
3rd Edition
ISBN: 9780134202709
Author: Richard Wolfson
Publisher: PEARSON
expand_more
expand_more
format_list_bulleted
Textbook Question
Chapter 29, Problem 53P
A laser produces an average power of 7.0 W in a 1.0-mm-diameter beam. Find (a) the average intensity and (b) the peak electric field of the laser light.
Expert Solution & Answer
![Check Mark](/static/check-mark.png)
Want to see the full answer?
Check out a sample textbook solution![Blurred answer](/static/blurred-answer.jpg)
Students have asked these similar questions
A 15.8-mW laser puts out a narrow beam 2.40 mm indiameter. What are the rms values of E and B in the beam?
A high-energy pulsed laser emits a 1.0-ns-long pulse ofaverage power 1.5 x 1011 W .The beam is nearly a cylinder 2.2 x 10-3in radius. Determine (a) the energy delivered in each pulse, and (b) the rms value of the electric field.
A high-energy pulsed laser emits a 1.1-ns-long pulse of average power
1.5×1011 W. The beam is nearly a cylinder 2.3x10-3 m in radius and it
travels in free space.
▼
Determine the energy delivered in each pulse.
Express your answer to two significant figures and include the appropriate units.
AU =
Submit
Part B
Erms =
Submit
Value
Provide Feedback
μA
Determine the rms value of the electric field.
Express your answer to two significant figures and include the appropriate units.
Request Answer
O
■
μA
Value
Units
Request Answer
?
Units
?
Chapter 29 Solutions
Essential University Physics (3rd Edition)
Ch. 29.2 - Would you expect to find a magnetic field between...Ch. 29.5 - Prob. 29.3GICh. 29.6 - Prob. 29.4GICh. 29.7 - Prob. 29.5GICh. 29.8 - Lasers 1 and 2 emit light of the same color, and...Ch. 29 - Why is Maxwells modification of Ampres law...Ch. 29 - Prob. 2FTDCh. 29 - Is there displacement current in an...Ch. 29 - Prob. 4FTDCh. 29 - Prob. 5FTD
Ch. 29 - When astronomers observe a supernova explosion in...Ch. 29 - Turning a TV antenna so its rods point vertically...Ch. 29 - The Sun emits about half of its...Ch. 29 - An LC circuit is made entirely from...Ch. 29 - Prob. 10FTDCh. 29 - The intensity of light drops as the inverse square...Ch. 29 - Electromagnetic waves dont readily penetrate...Ch. 29 - Prob. 13ECh. 29 - Prob. 14ECh. 29 - The fields of an electromagnetic wave are E = Ep...Ch. 29 - A radio waves electric field is given by the...Ch. 29 - A light-minute is the distance light travels in 1...Ch. 29 - Your intercontinental telephone call is carried by...Ch. 29 - An airplanes radar altimeter works by bouncing...Ch. 29 - Roughly how long does it take light to travel 1...Ch. 29 - If you speak via radio from Earth to an astronaut...Ch. 29 - What are the wavelengths of (a) a 100-MHz FM radio...Ch. 29 - A 60-Hz power line emits electromagnetic...Ch. 29 - Microwave ovens for consumers use operate at 2.45...Ch. 29 - Prob. 25ECh. 29 - Prob. 26ECh. 29 - Vertically polarized light passes through a...Ch. 29 - Prob. 28ECh. 29 - Prob. 29ECh. 29 - Estimate the peak electric field inside a 1.1-kW...Ch. 29 - Prob. 31ECh. 29 - Prob. 32ECh. 29 - Your university radio station has a 5.0-kW radio...Ch. 29 - Prob. 34PCh. 29 - Youre engineering a new cell phone, and youd like...Ch. 29 - Prob. 36PCh. 29 - The medical profession divides the ultraviolet...Ch. 29 - Prob. 38PCh. 29 - Prob. 39PCh. 29 - A polarizer blocks 75% of a polarized light beam....Ch. 29 - Prob. 41PCh. 29 - Unpolarized light of intensity S0 passes first...Ch. 29 - Prob. 43PCh. 29 - Prob. 44PCh. 29 - High microwave intensities can cause biological...Ch. 29 - Use the fact that sunlight intensity at Earths...Ch. 29 - A quasar 10 billion light-years from Earth appears...Ch. 29 - Prob. 48PCh. 29 - Prob. 49PCh. 29 - Find the peak electric and magnetic fields 1.5 m...Ch. 29 - A typical fluorescent lamp is a little more than 1...Ch. 29 - Prob. 52PCh. 29 - A laser produces an average power of 7.0 W in a...Ch. 29 - Prob. 54PCh. 29 - A 65-kg astronaut is floating in empty space. If...Ch. 29 - Prob. 56PCh. 29 - A white dwarf star is approximately the size of...Ch. 29 - Use appropriate data from Appendix E to calculate...Ch. 29 - Prob. 59PCh. 29 - Prob. 60PCh. 29 - In a stack of polarizing sheets, each sheet has...Ch. 29 - Prob. 62PCh. 29 - Prob. 63PCh. 29 - Maxwells equations in a dielectric resemble those...Ch. 29 - Prob. 65PCh. 29 - Your roommates father is CEO of a coal company, so...Ch. 29 - The Voyager I spacecraft is now beyond the outer...Ch. 29 - Prob. 68PCh. 29 - Prob. 69PCh. 29 - The table below shows the intensity of the radio...Ch. 29 - If a sunlight-powered sailing spacecraft...Ch. 29 - Prob. 72PPCh. 29 - A sail capable of propelling a spacecraft to the...Ch. 29 - Prob. 74PP
Additional Science Textbook Solutions
Find more solutions based on key concepts
Choose the best answer to each of the following. Explain your reasoning. In general, what kind of a terrestrial...
The Cosmic Perspective Fundamentals (2nd Edition)
In what direction are the vibrations relative to the direction of wave travel in a transverse wave? In a longit...
Conceptual Integrated Science
A thin plate has a round hole whose diameter in its rest frame is D. The plate is parallel to the ground and mo...
Modern Physics
Using the definitions in Eqs. 1.1 and 1.4, and appropriate diagrams, show that the dot product and cross produc...
Introduction to Electrodynamics
5. Analyzing the braking distance of a sports car would most likely utilize which field of physics?
Molecular p...
Applied Physics (11th Edition)
Knowledge Booster
Learn more about
Need a deep-dive on the concept behind this application? Look no further. Learn more about this topic, physics and related others by exploring similar questions and additional content below.Similar questions
- A high-energy pulsed laser emits a 1.0ns Long pulse of an average power 2.2x10^11 W. The beam is nearly a cylinder 2.2x10^-3 m in radius. Determine the energy delivered in each pulse and the rms value of the electric fieldarrow_forwardA high-energy pulsed laser emits a 2.50 nano second-long pulse of average power W. The beam is cylindrical with a 1.50 mm in radius. Determine the RMS value of the B-field?arrow_forwardA0.5 MHz antenna carried by an airplane flying over the ocean surface generates a wave that approaches the water surface in the forme a normally incident plane wave with an electric-field amplitude of 5500 V/m. Seawater is characterized by a dielectric constant of 72, relative permeabity of 1 and conductivity of 4 Slm. The plane is trying to communicate a message to a submarine submerged at a depth d below the water surface. If the submarine's receiver requires a minimum signal ampitude of 0.03 u Vim), what is the maximum depth d to which successful communication is still possible? Answerarrow_forward
- A 15.0 mV helium-neon laser emits a uniform beam of circular cross section with a diameter of 2.0 mm. Find a) the maximum electric field in the beam. b) the total energy contained in a 1.00 meter length of the beam. c) the momentum carried by a 1.00 meter length of the beam?arrow_forwardAn argon-ion laser produces a cylindrical beam of light whose average power is 0.725 W. How much energy is contained in a 2.88-m length of the beam?arrow_forwardSome neodymium–glass lasers can provide 100 TW of power in 1.0 ns pulses at a wavelength of 0.26 mm. How much energy is contained in a single pulse?arrow_forward
- An argon-ion laser produces a cylindrical beam of light whose average power is 0.642 W. How much energy is contained in a 2.16-m length of the beam? Number i Units Larrow_forwardA laser beam with an electric field amplitude of 500.0 V/m and a beam radius of 1.00 mm is incidently on a perfectly absorbing surface. How much energy in (mJ) is completely absorbed in 60.0 s? (answer is in 3 significant figures) 1 mJ= 1x10^-3 Jarrow_forwardWhat is the total energy transported per hour along a narrow cylindrical laser beam 1.80 mm in diameter, whose B-field has an rms strength of 1.10×10−101.10×10−10 T ?arrow_forward
- A 1000 W carbon-dioxide laser emits light with a wavelength of 10μm into a 3.0-mm-diameter laser beam. What force does the laser beam exert on a completely absorbing target?arrow_forwardA 14.0-mW helium-neon laser emits a beam of circular cross section with a diameter of 2.85 mm. (a) Find the maximum electric field in the beam. kN/C (b) What total energy is contained in a 1.00-m length of the beam? pJ (c) Find the momentum carried by a 1.00-m length of the beam. kg. m/sarrow_forwardThe unit cell parameter of NaCl crystal is 5.6 Å and the modulus of elasticity (Y) along [100] direction is 5×1010 N/m2. Estimate the wavelength at which an electromagnetic wave is strongly reflected by the crystal. At wt. of Na = 23 and of Cl = 37 amu. Given 1 amu = 1.67×10-27 kg.arrow_forward
arrow_back_ios
SEE MORE QUESTIONS
arrow_forward_ios
Recommended textbooks for you
- Principles of Physics: A Calculus-Based TextPhysicsISBN:9781133104261Author:Raymond A. Serway, John W. JewettPublisher:Cengage LearningGlencoe Physics: Principles and Problems, Student...PhysicsISBN:9780078807213Author:Paul W. ZitzewitzPublisher:Glencoe/McGraw-Hill
![Text book image](https://www.bartleby.com/isbn_cover_images/9781938168161/9781938168161_smallCoverImage.gif)
![Text book image](https://www.bartleby.com/isbn_cover_images/9781133104261/9781133104261_smallCoverImage.gif)
Principles of Physics: A Calculus-Based Text
Physics
ISBN:9781133104261
Author:Raymond A. Serway, John W. Jewett
Publisher:Cengage Learning
![Text book image](https://www.bartleby.com/isbn_cover_images/9780078807213/9780078807213_smallCoverImage.gif)
Glencoe Physics: Principles and Problems, Student...
Physics
ISBN:9780078807213
Author:Paul W. Zitzewitz
Publisher:Glencoe/McGraw-Hill
What Are Electromagnetic Wave Properties? | Physics in Motion; Author: GPB Education;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftyxZBxBexI;License: Standard YouTube License, CC-BY