Optics (Physics 452000 - Fall 2020)

Prof. R. R. Alfano
Problem Set 6

1 How many attoseconds does an electron need to travel

around a Bohr orbit path?
v2 e
Use: F = ma, a = r
, E= 4πo r2
, F = eÊ

2 a) Why is ruby red and emerald green?; b) what are their

emission wavelengths?; c) What are their bandwidths in
emission?; d) What are their host material and laser ions?
3 Give a definition for the following terms from the web:
a) Faraday rotator
b) Optical activity
c) Circular Dichroism
d) Chirality

4 What are the Jones matrix for a half wave plate and a
quarter wave plate?
5 Using the following Jones matrix for λ/4 plate
 
1 0
Jλ/4 = , Eout = JEin
0 −i  
1
a) What is the output, Eout field, for linear polarized as input?
  −1
1
b) What is the output, Eout field, for RH as input?
−i

1
6 Using the following Jones matrix for λ/2 plate
 
1 0
Jλ/2 = , Eout = JEin
0 −1  
1
a) What is the output, Eout field, for linear polarized as input?
  1
1
b) What is the output, Eout field, for LH as input?
i

7 Combination of polarization
 
Ex
a) What is the output field of λ/2 followed by a λ/4 and then, followed by λ/2 for Ein =
  Ey
1
?
1

8 Note the following Jones Matrix

   
Eox Eox eiφx
E= = ,
Eoy Eoy eiφy
 
A
E= counterclockwise rotation
iB
 
A
E= elliptical polarized light
B + iC
√  
Eox = A, Eoy = B 2 + C 2 , and  = tan−1 B C

Equation of the ellipse:

 2  2
Ex Ey   
Ey
+ − 2 EEox
x
Eoy
cos = sin2 
Eox Eoy
φy − φx = 
 
3
Using the following Jones vector: ?
2+i
a) Show that  = 26.6o
b) Show that α = 35.8o , inclination angle.

2 2
tan 2α = (2Eox Eoy cos)/(Eox − Eoy )
c) Show that it represents elliptically polarized light with the ellipse equations as follows:

(Ex2 /9) + (Ey2 /5) − 0.267Ex Ey = 0.2