Questions from Modern Physics

Q: A narrow beam of white light strikes one face of a slab

A narrow beam of white light strikes one face of a slab of silicate flint glass. The light is traveling parallel to the two adjoining faces, as shown in Fig. E33.23. For the transmitted light inside t...

Q: Unpolarized light with intensity I0 is incident on two polarizing filters.

Unpolarized light with intensity I0 is incident on two polarizing filters. The axis of the first filter makes an angle of 60.0° with the vertical, and the axis of the second filter is horizontal. What...

Q: a. At what angle above the horizontal is the sun if

a. At what angle above the horizontal is the sun if sunlight reflected from the surface of a calm lake is completely polarized? b. What is the plane of the electric-field vector in the reflected ligh...

Q: A beam of unpolarized light of intensity I0 passes through a series

A beam of unpolarized light of intensity I0 passes through a series of ideal polarizing filters with their polarizing axes turned to various angles as shown in Fig. E33.27. a. What is the light inten...

Q: A beam of polarized light passes through a polarizing filter. When

A beam of polarized light passes through a polarizing filter. When the angle between the polarizing axis of the filter and the direction of polarization of the light is θ, the intensity of the emergin...

Q: Three polarizing filters are stacked, with the polarizing axis of the

Three polarizing filters are stacked, with the polarizing axis of the second and third filters at 23.0° and 62.0°, respectively, to that of the first. If unpolarized light is incident on the stack, th...

Q: Scientists are working on a new technique to kill cancer cells by

Scientists are working on a new technique to kill cancer cells by zapping them with ultrahigh-energy (in the range of 1012 W) pulses of light that last for an extremely short time (a few nanoseconds)....

Q: The microwaves in a certain microwave oven have a wavelength of 12

The microwaves in a certain microwave oven have a wavelength of 12.2 cm. a. How wide must this oven be so that it will contain five antinodal planes of the electric field along its width in the stand...

Q: An electromagnetic wave of wavelength 435 nm is traveling in vacuum in

An electromagnetic wave of wavelength 435 nm is traveling in vacuum in the –z-direction. The electric field has amplitude 2.70 * 10-3 V/m and is parallel to the x-axis. What are a. the frequency and...

Q: An L-R-C series circuit is connected to an

An L-R-C series circuit is connected to an ac source of constant voltage amplitude V and variable angular frequency ω. a. Show that the current amplitude, as a function of ω, is...