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B. Tech. Applied Physics
BTPH101
Dr. Manvendra Kumar
Shri Vaishnav Vidyapeeth Vishwavidhyalaya, Indore
Shri Vaishnav Institute of Science
Department of Physics
UNIT V Wave Optics 20/06/2022
Introduction to Interference, Fresnel's Bi-prism,
Interference in Thin films, Newton's rings
experiment, Michelson s interferometer and its
‟
application,
Introduction to Diffraction and its Types, Diffraction
at single slit, double slit, resolving power,
Rayleigh criterion, Resolving power of grating,
Concept of polarized light, Double refraction, quarter
and half wave plate, circularly & elliptically polarized
light.
Coherent Sources
Two sources are coherent if the waves they emit
maintain a constant phase relation.
Effectively, this means that the waves do not shift
relative to one another as time passes.
Lasers are coherent sources of light, while incandescent
light bulbs and fluorescent lamps are incoherent
sources.
Unit V.pptx Digital Logic And Circuit Design
Unit V.pptx Digital Logic And Circuit Design
Unit V.pptx Digital Logic And Circuit Design
Unit V.pptx Digital Logic And Circuit Design
Fresnel's double mirror
Lloyd’s Mirror
• An arrangement for
producing an
interference pattern
with a single light
source
• Waves reach point P
either by a direct path
or by reflection
• The reflected ray can
be treated as a ray
from the source S’
behind the mirror
Schematic diagram of an interference experiment with a
Fresnel biprism (FBP).
S, S1, S2 denote the point source and its two virtual images,
respectively. The grey area is the region in which an
interference pattern can be observed.
S1
S2
S3
Lloyd’s Mirror
• An arrangement for
producing an
interference pattern
with a single light
source
• Waves reach point P
either by a direct path
or by reflection
• The reflected ray can
be treated as a ray
from the source S’
behind the mirror
Combination of Waves
In general, when we combine two waves to form a composite wave,
the composite wave is the algebraic sum of the two original waves,
point by point in space [Superposition Principle].
When we add the two waves we need to take into account their:
Direction
Amplitude
Phase
+ =
Combination of Waves
The combining of two waves to form a composite wave is called:
Interference
The interference is constructive
if the waves reinforce each other.
+ =
Constructive interference
(Waves almost in phase)
Combination of Waves
The combining of two waves to form a composite wave is called:
Interference
The interference is destructive
if the waves tend to cancel each other.
+ =
(Close to p out of phase)
(Waves almost cancel.)
Destructive interference
Interference of Waves
+ =
Constructive interference
(In phase)
+ =
( p out of phase)
(Waves cancel)
Destructive interference
Interference of Waves
When light waves travel different paths,
and are then recombined, they interfere.
Each wave has an electric field whose
amplitude goes like:
E(s,t) = E0 sin(ks-t) î
Here s measures the distance
traveled along each wave’s path.
Mirror
1
2
*
+ =
Constructive interference results when light paths differ
by an integer multiple of the wavelength: s = m 
Interference of Waves
When light waves travel different paths,
and are then recombined, they interfere.
Each wave has an electric field whose
amplitude goes like:
E(s,t) = E0 sin(ks-t) î
Here s measures the distance
traveled along each wave’s path.
Mirror
1
2
*
Destructive interference results when light paths differ
by an odd multiple of a half wavelength: s = (2m+1) /2
+ =
Interference of Waves
Coherence: Most light will only have interference for small optical path
differences (a few wavelengths), because the phase is not well defined over a
long distance. That’s because most light comes in many short bursts strung
together.
Incoherent light: (light bulb)
random phase “jumps”
Interference of Waves
Coherence: Most light will only have interference for small optical path
differences (a few wavelengths), because the phase is not well defined over a
long distance. That’s because most light comes in many short bursts strung
together.
Incoherent light: (light bulb)
Laser light is an exception: Coherent Light: (laser)
random phase “jumps”
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Unit V.pptx Digital Logic And Circuit Design
l
l/2
l
0
2p
p
p/2
3p/2
Path difference l then phase difference is 2p
Difference between optical path of two rays which are in constant phase
difference with each other reuniting at a particular point is known as path
difference.
p/2
2
x




2
x




We define the phase difference between any two consecutive points in terms of
radians, whereas the path difference is the integral number of wavelengths in a
phase.
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Interference in Thin Film: Due to reflected light
After one internal reflection
at CWE get ray CD.
After refraction at D, ray
finally emerges out along DR1
in air.
BR is parallel to DR1.
Effective path difference
between BR and DR1.
Let GH and G1H1 are two surface of transparent film of
uniform thickness t and refractive index m. Ray AB incident
on upper surface. Partly reflected along BR and refracted
along BC.
F
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integer
nl
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Interfering waves BR and DR1 are
not parallel, but appear to diverge
from a point S.
Interference takes place from S
which is virtual.
Path difference????
22/06/2022
Path difference is
Assignment :
Find the condition for maximum and
minimum intensities .
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Diffraction
When light falls on obstacles (whose size is comparable with the
wavelength of light), it bends round the corners of the obstacles
and enters in the geometrical shadow. This bending of light is
called diffraction.
That region which a given type of
radiation would not reach, because of
the presence of an object, if the
effects of diffraction and interference
could be neglected.
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A suitable circular grating is called Fresnel zone plate.
A FZP focuses the incoming beam to a point focus.
Difference between Interference and Diffraction
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Fraunhofer Diffraction at Single Slit (Normal incidence)
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Diffraction
pattern due to
each individual
slit
Interference
pattern due to
diffracted light waves
from the two slits
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minima
minima
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Intensity distribution due to diffraction
Resultant curve
Intensity distribution due to interference
UNIT V Wave Optics
Introduction to Interference, Fresnel's Bi-prism,
Interference in Thin films, Newton's rings experiment,
Michelson s interferometer and its application,
‟
Introduction to Diffraction and its Types, Diffraction at
single slit, double slit, Resolving power, Rayleigh criterion,
Resolving power of grating,
Concept of polarized light, Double refraction, quarter and
half wave plate, circularly & elliptically polarized light.
Resolving power
The ability of the instrument to produce
their separate pattern is known as resolving
power.
Capacity of an instrument to resolve two points which
are close together.
It is measured by its ability to differentiate two
lines or points in an object.
The greater the resolving power, the smaller the
minimum distance between two lines or points that
can still be distinguished.
These objects are just resolved
43
Two objects are just resolved when the maximum of
one is at the minimum of the other.
Resolving Power
45
To see two objects distinctly, need qobjects > qmin
qmin
qobjects
Improve resolution by increasing qobjects or decreasing qmin
qobjects is angle between
objects and aperture:
qmin is minimum angular separation
that aperture can resolve: D
d
y
The Rayleigh criterion states that two images are
just resolvable when the central maxima of one is
over the first minima of the other in diffraction
pattern
and vice-versa.
Limits of Resolution
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A grating is any regularly spaced collection of essentially identical,
parallel, elongated elements. Gratings usually consist of a single set
of elongated elements, but can consist of two sets, in which case
the second set is usually perpendicular to the first.
Resolving power of grating
Equivalent to large
number of slits
A Plane diffraction grating consists of an
optically plane glass plate on which a number of
equidistance and parallel straight lines are
drawn with the help of a diamond tip.
The lines thus divide the glass plate into
opacities and transparencies.
The transparencies, between the ruled
lines act as slits and the ruled lines act as
opaque spaces.
N slit grating
e
The slit width and the opaque space width are denoted as ‘e’ and
‘d’ respectively. The sum (e+d) is called the grating element of a
diffraction grating.
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UNIT V Wave Optics
Introduction to Interference, Fresnel's Bi-prism,
Interference in Thin films, Newton's rings experiment,
Michelson s interferometer and its application,
‟
Introduction to Diffraction and its Types, Diffraction at
single slit, double slit, Resolving power, Rayleigh criterion,
Resolving power of grating,
Concept of polarized light, Double refraction, quarter and
half wave plate, circularly & elliptically polarized light.
Light is polarized when
its electric fields
oscillate in a single plane,
rather than in any
direction perpendicular
to the direction of
propagation.
Polarization vertical plane and
in a horizontal plane
Polarized light will
not be transmitted
through a polarized
film whose axis is
perpendicular to
the polarization
direction.
Vertically polarized wave passes through
a vertical slit
But a horizontally polarized wave will not
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A
A
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When light passes through a polarizer, only the
component parallel to the polarization axis is
transmitted. If the incoming light is plane-polarized,
the outgoing intensity is:
This means that if initially unpolarized light
passes through crossed polarizers, no light will
get through the second one.
Example: Two Polaroids at 60°.
Unpolarized light passes through two Polaroids; the axis of one is
vertical and that of the other is at 60° to the vertical. Describe
the orientation and intensity of the transmitted light.
I0
I1 I2
The first Polaroid reduces the intensity of the unpolarized light by a factor
of two. The second Polaroid reduces the intensity by another factor of cos2
θ, giving an overall final intensity of 1/8 of the original intensity. The light
will have the polarization of the second Polaroid, 60° to the vertical.
Conceptual Example: Three Polaroids.
When unpolarized light falls on two
crossed Polaroids (axes at 90°), no
light passes through.
What happens if a third Polaroid, with
axis at 45° to each of the other two, is
placed between them?
Solution: The first polarizer
reduces the initial intensity by a
factor of 2. The second reduces it
by a factor of (cos 45°)2
, or
another factor of 2. Finally, the
third polarizer reduces the
intensity by yet another factor of
2, for an overall reduction of a
factor of 8.
Light is also partially polarized
after reflecting from a
nonmetallic surface. At a
special angle, called the
polarizing angle or Brewster’s
angle, the polarization is
100%:
The reflected light is
polarized perpendicular to
plane of incidence.
The angle between the
reflected light and the
refracted light is 90°.
.
=m
Brewster’s Law?
According to Brewster’s law,
When an unpolarized light of known wavelength is incident
on a transparent substance surface, it experiences
maximum plan polarization at the angle of incidence whose
tangent is the refractive index of the substance for the
wavelength.
μ=tan ⁡
i,
Where,
µ = Refractive
index of the
medium.
i = Polarization
angle.

Brewster was able to determine that the refractive
index of the medium is numerically equal to the tangent
angle of polarization.
From Snell’s Law:
μ=sin⁡i / sin⁡r……..1
From Brewster’s Law:
μ=tan ⁡
i=sin⁡i / cos ⁡
i……..2
Comparing both formulas: 1 and 2
cos⁡i=sin ⁡
r =cos⁡(−r)
i=-r or i+r=
As,i+r+=π, so = .
Therefore, the reflected and the refracted rays are at
right angles to each other.


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Unit V.pptx Digital Logic And Circuit Design

  • 1. B. Tech. Applied Physics BTPH101 Dr. Manvendra Kumar Shri Vaishnav Vidyapeeth Vishwavidhyalaya, Indore Shri Vaishnav Institute of Science Department of Physics
  • 2. UNIT V Wave Optics 20/06/2022 Introduction to Interference, Fresnel's Bi-prism, Interference in Thin films, Newton's rings experiment, Michelson s interferometer and its ‟ application, Introduction to Diffraction and its Types, Diffraction at single slit, double slit, resolving power, Rayleigh criterion, Resolving power of grating, Concept of polarized light, Double refraction, quarter and half wave plate, circularly & elliptically polarized light.
  • 3. Coherent Sources Two sources are coherent if the waves they emit maintain a constant phase relation. Effectively, this means that the waves do not shift relative to one another as time passes. Lasers are coherent sources of light, while incandescent light bulbs and fluorescent lamps are incoherent sources.
  • 9. Lloyd’s Mirror • An arrangement for producing an interference pattern with a single light source • Waves reach point P either by a direct path or by reflection • The reflected ray can be treated as a ray from the source S’ behind the mirror
  • 10. Schematic diagram of an interference experiment with a Fresnel biprism (FBP). S, S1, S2 denote the point source and its two virtual images, respectively. The grey area is the region in which an interference pattern can be observed. S1 S2 S3
  • 11. Lloyd’s Mirror • An arrangement for producing an interference pattern with a single light source • Waves reach point P either by a direct path or by reflection • The reflected ray can be treated as a ray from the source S’ behind the mirror
  • 12. Combination of Waves In general, when we combine two waves to form a composite wave, the composite wave is the algebraic sum of the two original waves, point by point in space [Superposition Principle]. When we add the two waves we need to take into account their: Direction Amplitude Phase + =
  • 13. Combination of Waves The combining of two waves to form a composite wave is called: Interference The interference is constructive if the waves reinforce each other. + = Constructive interference (Waves almost in phase)
  • 14. Combination of Waves The combining of two waves to form a composite wave is called: Interference The interference is destructive if the waves tend to cancel each other. + = (Close to p out of phase) (Waves almost cancel.) Destructive interference
  • 15. Interference of Waves + = Constructive interference (In phase) + = ( p out of phase) (Waves cancel) Destructive interference
  • 16. Interference of Waves When light waves travel different paths, and are then recombined, they interfere. Each wave has an electric field whose amplitude goes like: E(s,t) = E0 sin(ks-t) î Here s measures the distance traveled along each wave’s path. Mirror 1 2 * + = Constructive interference results when light paths differ by an integer multiple of the wavelength: s = m 
  • 17. Interference of Waves When light waves travel different paths, and are then recombined, they interfere. Each wave has an electric field whose amplitude goes like: E(s,t) = E0 sin(ks-t) î Here s measures the distance traveled along each wave’s path. Mirror 1 2 * Destructive interference results when light paths differ by an odd multiple of a half wavelength: s = (2m+1) /2 + =
  • 18. Interference of Waves Coherence: Most light will only have interference for small optical path differences (a few wavelengths), because the phase is not well defined over a long distance. That’s because most light comes in many short bursts strung together. Incoherent light: (light bulb) random phase “jumps”
  • 19. Interference of Waves Coherence: Most light will only have interference for small optical path differences (a few wavelengths), because the phase is not well defined over a long distance. That’s because most light comes in many short bursts strung together. Incoherent light: (light bulb) Laser light is an exception: Coherent Light: (laser) random phase “jumps”
  • 22. l l/2 l 0 2p p p/2 3p/2 Path difference l then phase difference is 2p Difference between optical path of two rays which are in constant phase difference with each other reuniting at a particular point is known as path difference. p/2 2 x     2 x     We define the phase difference between any two consecutive points in terms of radians, whereas the path difference is the integral number of wavelengths in a phase.
  • 40. Interference in Thin Film: Due to reflected light After one internal reflection at CWE get ray CD. After refraction at D, ray finally emerges out along DR1 in air. BR is parallel to DR1. Effective path difference between BR and DR1. Let GH and G1H1 are two surface of transparent film of uniform thickness t and refractive index m. Ray AB incident on upper surface. Partly reflected along BR and refracted along BC. F
  • 42. )
  • 47. Interfering waves BR and DR1 are not parallel, but appear to diverge from a point S. Interference takes place from S which is virtual. Path difference???? 22/06/2022
  • 48. Path difference is Assignment : Find the condition for maximum and minimum intensities .
  • 56. Diffraction When light falls on obstacles (whose size is comparable with the wavelength of light), it bends round the corners of the obstacles and enters in the geometrical shadow. This bending of light is called diffraction. That region which a given type of radiation would not reach, because of the presence of an object, if the effects of diffraction and interference could be neglected.
  • 59. A suitable circular grating is called Fresnel zone plate. A FZP focuses the incoming beam to a point focus.
  • 62. Fraunhofer Diffraction at Single Slit (Normal incidence)
  • 75. Diffraction pattern due to each individual slit Interference pattern due to diffracted light waves from the two slits
  • 81. Intensity distribution due to diffraction Resultant curve Intensity distribution due to interference
  • 82. UNIT V Wave Optics Introduction to Interference, Fresnel's Bi-prism, Interference in Thin films, Newton's rings experiment, Michelson s interferometer and its application, ‟ Introduction to Diffraction and its Types, Diffraction at single slit, double slit, Resolving power, Rayleigh criterion, Resolving power of grating, Concept of polarized light, Double refraction, quarter and half wave plate, circularly & elliptically polarized light.
  • 83. Resolving power The ability of the instrument to produce their separate pattern is known as resolving power. Capacity of an instrument to resolve two points which are close together. It is measured by its ability to differentiate two lines or points in an object. The greater the resolving power, the smaller the minimum distance between two lines or points that can still be distinguished.
  • 84. These objects are just resolved 43 Two objects are just resolved when the maximum of one is at the minimum of the other.
  • 85. Resolving Power 45 To see two objects distinctly, need qobjects > qmin qmin qobjects Improve resolution by increasing qobjects or decreasing qmin qobjects is angle between objects and aperture: qmin is minimum angular separation that aperture can resolve: D d y
  • 86. The Rayleigh criterion states that two images are just resolvable when the central maxima of one is over the first minima of the other in diffraction pattern and vice-versa. Limits of Resolution
  • 88. A grating is any regularly spaced collection of essentially identical, parallel, elongated elements. Gratings usually consist of a single set of elongated elements, but can consist of two sets, in which case the second set is usually perpendicular to the first. Resolving power of grating Equivalent to large number of slits A Plane diffraction grating consists of an optically plane glass plate on which a number of equidistance and parallel straight lines are drawn with the help of a diamond tip. The lines thus divide the glass plate into opacities and transparencies. The transparencies, between the ruled lines act as slits and the ruled lines act as opaque spaces.
  • 89. N slit grating e The slit width and the opaque space width are denoted as ‘e’ and ‘d’ respectively. The sum (e+d) is called the grating element of a diffraction grating.
  • 95. UNIT V Wave Optics Introduction to Interference, Fresnel's Bi-prism, Interference in Thin films, Newton's rings experiment, Michelson s interferometer and its application, ‟ Introduction to Diffraction and its Types, Diffraction at single slit, double slit, Resolving power, Rayleigh criterion, Resolving power of grating, Concept of polarized light, Double refraction, quarter and half wave plate, circularly & elliptically polarized light.
  • 96. Light is polarized when its electric fields oscillate in a single plane, rather than in any direction perpendicular to the direction of propagation. Polarization vertical plane and in a horizontal plane
  • 97. Polarized light will not be transmitted through a polarized film whose axis is perpendicular to the polarization direction. Vertically polarized wave passes through a vertical slit But a horizontally polarized wave will not
  • 108. A
  • 109. A
  • 112. When light passes through a polarizer, only the component parallel to the polarization axis is transmitted. If the incoming light is plane-polarized, the outgoing intensity is:
  • 113. This means that if initially unpolarized light passes through crossed polarizers, no light will get through the second one.
  • 114. Example: Two Polaroids at 60°. Unpolarized light passes through two Polaroids; the axis of one is vertical and that of the other is at 60° to the vertical. Describe the orientation and intensity of the transmitted light. I0 I1 I2 The first Polaroid reduces the intensity of the unpolarized light by a factor of two. The second Polaroid reduces the intensity by another factor of cos2 θ, giving an overall final intensity of 1/8 of the original intensity. The light will have the polarization of the second Polaroid, 60° to the vertical.
  • 115. Conceptual Example: Three Polaroids. When unpolarized light falls on two crossed Polaroids (axes at 90°), no light passes through. What happens if a third Polaroid, with axis at 45° to each of the other two, is placed between them? Solution: The first polarizer reduces the initial intensity by a factor of 2. The second reduces it by a factor of (cos 45°)2 , or another factor of 2. Finally, the third polarizer reduces the intensity by yet another factor of 2, for an overall reduction of a factor of 8.
  • 116. Light is also partially polarized after reflecting from a nonmetallic surface. At a special angle, called the polarizing angle or Brewster’s angle, the polarization is 100%: The reflected light is polarized perpendicular to plane of incidence. The angle between the reflected light and the refracted light is 90°. . =m
  • 117. Brewster’s Law? According to Brewster’s law, When an unpolarized light of known wavelength is incident on a transparent substance surface, it experiences maximum plan polarization at the angle of incidence whose tangent is the refractive index of the substance for the wavelength. μ=tan ⁡ i, Where, µ = Refractive index of the medium. i = Polarization angle. 
  • 118. Brewster was able to determine that the refractive index of the medium is numerically equal to the tangent angle of polarization. From Snell’s Law: μ=sin⁡i / sin⁡r……..1 From Brewster’s Law: μ=tan ⁡ i=sin⁡i / cos ⁡ i……..2 Comparing both formulas: 1 and 2 cos⁡i=sin ⁡ r =cos⁡(−r) i=-r or i+r= As,i+r+=π, so = . Therefore, the reflected and the refracted rays are at right angles to each other. 

Editor's Notes

  • #85: demo 752; 2 point sources and different size slits
  • #86: Figure 35-14. The Rayleigh criterion. Two images are just resolvable when the center of the diffraction peak of one is directly over the first minimum in the diffraction pattern of the other. The two point objects O and O’ subtend an angle θ at the lens; only one ray (it passes through the center of the lens) is drawn for each object, to indicate the center of the diffraction pattern of its image.
  • #96: Figure 35-31. Transverse waves on a rope polarized (a) in a vertical plane and (b) in a horizontal plane.