Semiconductor Optics Homework #5 due date: 5:00pm, Jun 13, 2022

1. Suppose the separation of the narrow slits in Young’s Experiment is 1.000 mm and the
viewing screen is 5.000 m away. Plane waves of monochromatic 589.3-nm light illuminate
the slits and the whole setup is in air where n = 1.000 29. What would happen to the fringe
separation if all the air was pumped out? (9.8)

2. Two pinholes in a thin sheet of aluminum are 1.00 mm apart and immersed in a large
tank of water (n = 1.33). The holes are illuminated by λ0 = 589.3 nm plane waves, and the
resulting fringe system is observed on a screen in the water, 3.00 m from the holes.
Determine the locations of the centers of the two maxima closest to the central axis of the
apparatus. (9.10)

3. In the Fresnel double mirror s = 2 m, λ0 = 589 nm, and the separation of the fringes was
found to be 0.5 mm. What is the angle of inclination of the mirrors, if the perpendicular
distance of the actual point source to the intersection of the two mirrors is 1 m? (9.26)

4. A line source of sodium light (λ0 = 589.3 nm) illuminates a Lloyd’s mirror 10.0 mm above
its surface. A viewing screen is 5.00 m from the source and the whole apparatus is in air.
How far apart are the first and third maxima? (9.30)

5. A soap film surrounded by air has an index of refraction of 1.38. If a region of the film
appears bright red (λ0 = 633 nm) in normally reflected light, what is its minimum
thickness there? (9.34)

6. A thin uniform layer of water (n = 1.333) 25.0 nm thick exists on top of a sheet of clear
plastic (n = 1.59). At what incident angle will the water strongly reflect blue light (λ0 = 460
nm)? [Hint: Modify Eq. (9.34).] (9.37)

7. A wedge-shaped air film between two flat sheets of glass is illuminated from above by
sodium light (λ0 = 589.3 nm). How thick will the film be at the center of the 173rd bright
fringe (counted from the contact line of the two glass sheets). (9.42)

8. A glass camera lens with an index of 1.58 is to be coated with a cryolite film (n = 1.30) to
decrease the reflection of normally incident green light (λ0 = 500 nm). What is the
thickness of the film, which should be deposited on the lens? (9.61)

9. We wish to use the 15-cm-diameter objective from an amateur telescope to form an image
on a CCD of a distant star. Assuming a mean wavelength of 540 nm and a focal length of
+140 cm, determine the size of the resulting Airy disk. How would that change if we
doubled the lens diameter, keeping all else constant? (10.34)

10. A telescope having an objective lens with a diameter of 10.0 cm will be used to view two
equally bright small sources of 550-nm light. (a) Determine the angular separation of the
sources if they are just resolvable. Use Rayleigh’s criterion. (b) How far apart can they be
at a distance of 1000 km? (10.47)