Medina, Shaun PROBLEM SET 8 PHYS132

33.43 ••• A glass plate 2.50 mm thick, with an index of

refraction of 1.40, is placed between a point source of light Add the numbers together;
with wavelength 540 nm (in vacuum) and a screen. The
distance from source to screen is 1.80 cm. How many ftotal = fsource + fglass
wavelengths are there between the source and the screen?
ftotal = 28703.70 + 6476.68
Data Given:
ftotal = 35180.38 wavelengths
t = 2.50mm or 2.5x10-3 m
ftotal = 35180 wavelengths
nglass = 1.40
λ0 = 540 nm or 540x10-9 m
d = 1.80 cm or 0.0180 m

Find the wavelength of light in the glass plate;

λ0
λglass =
nglass

540x10−9 m
λglass =
1.40

λglass = 3.86 x10−7 m

With this, find the number of wavelengths inside the glass

plate;

t
fglass =
λglass

2.50x10−3 m
fglass =
3.86x10−7 m

fglass = 6476.68

To find the number of wavelengths between the source and

screen, find the net distance between them (without the glass
plate)

D =d−t

D = 0.0180 m − 2.5x10−3 m

D = 0.0155 m

Find the number of wavelengths between the source and

screen using the net distance and wavelength in a vacuum;

D
fsource =
λ0

0.0155 m
fsource =
540x10−9 m

fsource = 28703.70
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34.68 • A light bulb is 3.00 m from a wall. You are to use a

concave mirror to project an image of the bulb on the wall,
with the image 3.50 times the size of the object. How far
should the mirror be from the wall? What should its radius
of curvature be?

Data Given;

s = 3.00m
m = 3.50

In spherical mirrors the magnification is;

s′
m=−
s

Substituting the values;

s′
m=−
s

s′
3.50 = −
3.00m

s′ = −10.5 m

Where s’ is the distance of the mirror from the wall;

Using image-object relationships for spherical objects;

1 1 2
+ =
s s′ R

Where R is the radius of curvature;

Solve for R;

1 1 2
+ =
s s′ R

1 1 2
− =
3.00m 10.5m R

1 2
=
21.00m R

R = 42.0m
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35.45 •• White light reflects at normal incidence from the Equate eq.2 and eq.3;
top and bottom surfaces of a glass plate n = 1.52. There is air
above and below the plate. Constructive interference is
observed for light whose wavelength in air is 477.0 nm.
1 477.0nm 1 540.6nm
What is the thickness of the plate if the next longer (m + ) = (m − )
wavelength for which there is constructive interference is 2 n 2 n
540.6 nm?
Solve for m;
Data Given:
1
(m + )
2 = 540.6nm
n = 1.52 1
(m − ) 477.0nm
λ1 = 477.0nm 2
λ2 = 540.6nm
m=8

Equations; Substitute all values in eq.2;

Eq.1
1 477.0nm
From interference in thin films; 2t = (m + )
2 n
1 1 477.0nm
2t = (m + ) λglass 2t = (8 + )
2 2 1.52
Eq.2
Solve for t;
Express λglass in terms of λ1 and n;
1 477.0nm
1 t = (8 + )
2t = (m + ) λglass 2 3.04
2

1 λ1 t = (8.5)(156.91nm)
2t = (m + )
2 n

Substitute λ1; t = 1359.24 nm or 1.36 μm

1 477.0nm
2t = (m + )
2 n

Eq.3

From eq.1;

1
2t = (m + ) λglass
2

Express λglass in terms of λ2 and n;

1
2t = (m + − 1) λglass
2

1 λ2
2t = (m − )
2 n

Substitute λ1;

1 540.6nm
2t = (m − )
2 n
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36.57 • A diffraction grating has 650 slits>mm. What is the

highest order that contains the entire visible spectrum? (The
wavelength range of the visible spectrum is approximately
380–750 nm.)

Data Given;

N = 650 slits/mm or 650x103 slits / m

λmax = 750 nm or 750 x10-9 m
λmin = 380 nm or 380 x10-9 m

In diffraction gratings;

𝑚𝜆 = sin 𝜃 𝑑

Where d is the distance of the slits;

Expressing d in N;

𝑑 = 1/𝑁

Therefore;

sin 𝜃
𝑚𝜆 =
𝑁

At maximum values for λ and θ;

sin 𝜃 = 1

𝜆 = 750𝑛𝑚

--

sin 𝜃
𝑚≤
𝜆𝑁
1
𝑚≤
𝜆𝑁

Solve for m;

1
𝑚≤
𝜆𝑁

1
𝑚≤
(750𝑥10−9 𝑚)(650𝑥103 )

𝑚 ≤ 2.05

The highest order that contains the visible spectrum is 2.