Department of Computer Science

GSC-114: Applied Physics

Semester 1 Section IT-A (Fall 2022)

Assignment N0. 04
Marks : 5
Submission Date: 09 Jan 2023

Instructions: Submit in softcopy

Submission Instructions:
 Late submissions are not accepted
 Plagiarism is not allowed
 Submit hand written assignments (pdf format) via LMS.

(CLO3, PLO3, C4)

1. Assume that an electron is traveling with a speed of 10x 10^6 m/s enters a uniform external
magnetic field of strength 90T at an angle of 45∘. 
(a) What will be the magnetic force acting on the electron?
(b) Draw the direction of the applied force as it moves through the magnetic field. 

2. Optical fibers are generally composed of silica, with an index of refraction around 1.44.
Discover fast does light travel in a silica fiber?

3. Assume that a proton undergoes the greatest force of magnitude 2.3×10−13N, vertically

upward, when it travels northward at a speed of 9×106m/s in a uniform magnetic field of
unknown strength. What is the magnitude and direction of the magnetic field?

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4. Assume that light travels from air into an optical fiber with an index of refraction of 1.44. 
(a)  In which direction does the light bend?  (b)  If the angle of incidence on the end of the fiber
is 22o, what is the angle of refraction inside the fiber?  (c)  Sketch the path of light as it changes
media.

5. Assume that light is traveling through an optical fiber (n=1.44) reaches the end of the fiber
and exits into air. (a) If the angle of incidence on the end of the fiber is 30o, what is the angle
of refraction outside the fiber? (b) How would your answer be different if the angle of
incidence were 50o?