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The document is an exam paper for an Optics course, dated April 2023, with a total of 100 marks. It consists of three sections: Section A includes 10 short answer questions, Section B has 5 detailed questions with options, and Section C contains 3 comprehensive questions. The topics cover various aspects of optics, including spherical aberration, interference, diffraction, and laser technology.

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Reg. No.:: April

The document is an exam paper for an Optics course, dated April 2023, with a total of 100 marks. It consists of three sections: Section A includes 10 short answer questions, Section B has 5 detailed questions with options, and Section C contains 3 comprehensive questions. The topics cover various aspects of optics, including spherical aberration, interference, diffraction, and laser technology.

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Reg. No.

APRIL 2023 U/1222/20-21/37412

OPTICS

Time : Three hours Maximum : 100 marks

SECTION A — (10 × 2 = 20 marks)

Answer ALL the questions.

1. How will you minimize spherical aberration in a


lens?

2. What are called achromatic prisms?

3. Define interference of light.

4. Write the relationship between path and phase


difference of light.

5. Distinguish Fresnel and Fraunhofer diffraction.

6. Define dispersive power.

7. What is called double refraction?

8. Define specific rotatory power.


9. Give the properties of laser light.

10. What do you mean by Q switching?

SECTION B — (5 × 7 = 35 marks)
Answer ALL the questions.

11. (a) Obtain the condition for achromatism of two


thin lenses are out of contact.
Or
(b) Describe the theory of dispersion produced
by a thin prism.

12. (a) Derive the condition for maxima and minima


of interference of light.
Or
(b) Describe the air-wedge experiment to
determine the thickness of a wire.

13. (a) Discuss the diffraction at a straight edge.


Or
(b) Derive the resolving power of a telescope.

14. (a) Explain the Huygen’s explanation about


double refraction in a uniaxial crystals.
Or
(b) Discuss the construction and working of
Babinet’s compensator.

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15. (a) Write a note on three level and two level
lasers.

Or
(b) Explain the following in brief (i) Resonant
configuration and (ii) Mode locking.

SECTION C — (3 × 15 = 45 marks)

Answer ALL the questions.

(Q.No. 16 is compulsory)

16. Explain the experimental method of production of


dispersion without deviation.

17. (a) Describe the method of finding wavelength of


a light using Michelson interferometer.

Or
(b) Describe the theory of plane transmission
grating.

18. (a) Explain the procedure of producing and


detecting plane, elliptically and circularly
polarized light.

Or
(b) Explain the construction and working of
solid state laser.

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