AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

FACULTY OF HEALTH SCIENCES

DEPARTMENT OF OPTICS & OPTOMETRY

OPT201: Optics 1

Exam I

Fall Term 2022-2023

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Instructor’s Name: Mr. Rita Abou Ghaida

Kindly, make sure that you read and understand the following points:

 Anyone caught cheating or aiding another in cheating will have his/her exam confiscated
immediately and will be given an “F” in the course.
 The use of programmable calculators is not allowed in this examination.
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sitting an examination.
 Illegible answers will not receive credit. Write clearly to get credits.
 You are not allowed to remove examination paper, booklets, completed scripts or other
materials from the examination room.
 Time duration is 90 minutes.
 Total number of exam sheets including this cover is 11.

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I. A. MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

Circle in each of the following questions the best answer. Only one answer per question is
correct (20 points, 2 points each).

1) Two flat mirrors are perpendicular to each other. An incoming beam of light makes an angle
of 15° with the first mirror as shown.
What angle will the outgoing beam make with the second mirror?

a. 150
b. 650
c. 850
d. None of these

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2) The velocity of a wave in a particular medium is 2×10 m/s . Find the index of refraction of
this medium.

a. 0.4
b. 2.6
c. 1.5
d. 2

3) The fact that the wave model of light could also explain reflection and refraction was showed
by:
a. Isaac Newton
b. Christian Huygens
c. Thomas Young
d. James Maxwell

4) In any material/medium (compared with vaccum), the light:

a. accelerates
b. slows down
c. travels at the same speed
d. None of these

5) The speed of light in vacuum depends on which of the following wave properties?

a. Wavelength
b. Intensity
c. Frequency
d. None of these

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6) Find the period of a wave when its frequency is 7.50 Hz.

a. 7.50 s.
b. 0.133 s.
c. 6.41 s.
d. 0.311 s.

7) If the particles of the medium are vibrating to and from in the same direction of energy
transport, then the wave is a ____ wave:

a. Longitudinal.
b. Sound.
c. Transverse.
d. Standing.

8) When light rays travel from a denser to a less dense medium, then they would be:

a. Bent towards the normal.

b. Bent away from the normal.
c. Traveling at the boundary between the two media.
d. None of these.

9) As a wave travels into a medium in which its speed increases, its wavelength would ____.

a. Decrease
b. Increase
c. Remain the same

10) The nature of light was finally considered a:

a. Wave
b. Particle
c. Wave-particle duality
d. None of the above

B. TRUE OR FALSE QUESTIONS

Indicate whether each of the following questions is "true" by circling the letter
"T" or "false" by circling the letter "F” (total 10 points, 1 point each).

T F Light propagates at a velocity c in free space.

T F light can be treated as a wave or a particle according to the scales that we are
dealing with.

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T F Light is a type of energy that moves like a longitudinal wave.

T F For light waves, the rays always point in the direction of the motion.

T F For light waves, the fields E and B are parallel to each other.

T F Frequency is the time for a particle in a medium to make one complete

cycle.

T F The frequency of a wave does not change when it travels from one medium to
another

T F Light is postulated to travel along rays - line segments which are straight in free
space and never change direction.

T F The period (T) is the distance between two repeating points on a wave.

T F In the photoelectric effect, when light strikes a metal surface; electrons are
sometimes ejected from the surface.

II- ANSWER PRECISELY THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS (70 points).

1. (a) What is the critical angle for light traveling from diamond (n=2.42) to water? (4 points)
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(b) Will light traveling from glass (n=1.66) to air reach the air if it approaches at a 38 o angle to
the (flat) surface? (5 points)

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2. The figure on the answer sheet shows a section of an optical fiber made of Perspex. A light
ray is incident at an angle θ as shown.

(a) Calculate the critical angle of Perspex. (Refractive index of Perspex = 1.6) (5 points)
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(b) Draw a ray diagram in each of the following cases to show the path of ray if
(i) θ = 60o,
(ii) θ = 30o.
Calculate the angles that the ray makes with the normal at the point where the ray is refracted. (5
points)

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(c) Find the greatest value of θ for the ray to be trapped inside the optical fiber. (5 points)
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3. A ray of light in air strikes a block of quartz at an angle of incidence of 30˚. The angle of
refraction is 20˚. What is the index of refraction in quartz? (4 points)
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4. Two mirrors make an angle of 120 0

with each other as illustrated in the figure “a” below. A
ray is incident on mirror M1 at an angle of 650 to the normal. Find the direction of the ray after it
is reflected from mirror M2. (5 points)

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5. The figure below shows a prism with an incident light producing a minimum angle of
deviation upon refraction through it.

a) Consider a violet light of index 1.53, making and angle of 40˚ with the surface.
- What is the angle of incidence? (1.5 points)
- What is the refracted angle? (2 points)
- Find r2 & i2 (2 points)
- Find δ (2 points)
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b) If this prism produces a normal deviation (not minimum deviation), consider a blue light
of index 1.51, making an angle of 50 with the surface.
- What is the angle of incidence? (1.5 points)
- What is the refracted angle? (2 points)
- Find r2 & i2 (2 points)
- Find δ (2 points)

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6. a) A beam of light traveling in air has an angle of incidence of 27.0º when it enters a medium
which has an index of refraction of 1.43. What is the angle of refraction of the beam inside the
medium? (2 points)
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b) If the wavelength of the beam of light in air is 517 nm, then what is its wavelength while
traveling through the medium? (2 points)
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c) If part of the beam of light reflects off the surface of the medium, what is the angle between
the refracted beam and the reflected beam? (2 points)
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d) What is the frequency of the light as it is traveling through the medium? (2 points)
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7. A light beam passes from medium 1 (of n1) to medium 2 (of n2). Medium 2 is a thick slab.
Show that the emerging beam is parallel to the incident beam. (4 points)

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8. In the figure below, a 300 cm-long vertical pole extends from the bottom of a pool. 100 cm
of the pole is above water. Find the length of the shadow of the pole on the level bottom of the
pool. (4 points)

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9. a. Find the apparent depth of a box placed at the bottom of the lake of depth 2 m.

b. Find the actual depth of a fish appearing at around 20 cm from the water surface
c. Find the index of the material in which you are viewing an unknown object. Object is
put at 50 cm inside this material, appears at 33cm. (2 points each)

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Good Luck!

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