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Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 8mins
What should be the thickness of quarter wave plate for a light of wavelength 5000 Å if µe=1.553 and µo=1.544
1.38x10-3 cm
1.43x10-3 cm
1.53x10-3 cm
1.63x10-3 cm
The velocity of light in water is 1.5x108 m/s. What is the polarizing angle of incidence.
47.230
51.030
53.740
63.430
A tube of length 20 cm containing 10 % sugar solution rotates the plane of polarization by 13.20 . What is the specific rotation of sugar solution.
660
550
440
330
Which of the phenomena suggests that light may be a transverse wave?
Interference
Diffraction
Reflection
Polarization
What happen if ordinary unpolarized light passed through a uniaxial crystal?
Light remains unaffected.
The light is split into two rays.
The light is split into more than two rays.
None of these
What happen if o-ray and e-ray travel along the optic axis?
Both rays travel with the same speed.
o-ray travel faster than e-ray.
e-ray travel faster than o-ray.
none of these
How much phase change is introduced by a quarter wave plate between ordinary and extraordinary rays ?
2π
π
4π
0
The plane in which electric field vector of plane polarised light vibrates is known as
Plane of vibration
Plane of polarisation
Principle plane
none of these
The acute angle of principle section of calcite crystal is
710
680
1090
1020
Canada Balsam acts as ...... medium for o-ray
Rarer
Denser
Which phenomenon is used in Nicol prism to eliminate o-ray.
Total internal reflection
Double Refraction
Refraction
Polarisation
In negative uniaxial crystal the sphere lies inside the ellipsoid.
True
False
In positive uniaxial crystal o-ray travels faster than e-ray.
True
False
