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    Foundations in Quantum Optics – Modern Optics

    PHY485/1485F
    University of Toronto
    Problem Set #3

    4 November 2008 due: 18 November 2008

    1. Polarization changers
    a) Hecht Q 8.48
    b) Hecht Q 8.65

    2. Reflections
    a) Hecht Q 4.55
    b) Hecht Q 4.56
    c) Hecht Q 4.61

    3. Mooney rhomb
    At right is a diagram of a Mooney rhomb, which is used to produce
    circularly polarized light, following relative phase changes produced by
    total internal reflection. Take an index of refraction n=1.65 for the glass of
    this rhomb. Show that the apex angle A of should be designed to be about
    60 degrees. You may find some interest (this is not a hint) in this paper:
    http://www.iop.org/EJ/article/1464-4258/6/4/020/joa4_4_020.pdf

    4. X-ray mirrors— Certain kinds of microscope work in


    the x-ray range by using grazing-incidence mirrors.
    The figure at right shows a basic Kirkpatrick-Baez
    microscope together with a variant that increases
    collection efficiency.
    These depend on the dielectric function of a metal:
    ε (ω ) ω 2p
    = 1− 2
    ε0 ω + iω v
    where ω is the frequency of light or x-rays, ωp is the plasma frequency:
    N e e2
    ωp =
    m εo
    and ν is the collision frequency of electrons in the metal. Ne is the electron density, e is the charge
    of an electron, and m is the mass of an electron. Typical plasma frequencies in a metal are roughly
    15 –1
    10 s , around the frequency of visible and near-ultraviolet; typical collision frequencies are on
    15 –1
    the order of 10 s , about the same as infrared light.
    The Fresnel formulae we derived in class still applies, although the index of refraction and
    transmitted angles become complex-valued (Ref: Fowles § 6.6).
    [question continues on next page…]

    1
    a) Show that for electromagnetic radiation above a certain frequency, it becomes possible to
    produce something approximating total internal reflection on going from vacuum into a metal, i.e.,
    that though the metal is more dense physically, it is less dense optically. Note that absorption
    makes this imperfect (how imperfect?).
    b) For x-rays of energy 10 keV, what angle of incidence is necessary to make a good reflector of
    the type above?
    c) At what angle should a flat metal mirror be set in order to reflect only extreme-ultraviolet
    radiation of energy below 50eV? This can be used to make a sort of low-pass filter.
    Formation of Optical Images by X-rays, Journal of the Optic Society of America, 38 (1948)
    766, P. Kirkpatrick and A. V. Baez
    [NB: be prepared to approximate equations appropriately, using series expansions, or to solve by
    computer-plotting.]

    5. Thick lens formula


    In class, we determined the focal length of a very thin lens, assuming its thickness was essentially
    zero. Show using ray matrix methods that the focal length of a lens of thickness d is:
    1 ⎧1 1 ( n − 1) d ⎫
    = ( n − 1) ⎨ − + ⎬
    f ⎩ R1 R2 nR1 R2 ⎭
    Show that the A, B, and D elements of the ray matrix are also not their ideal values of 1, 0, and 1.

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