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- State Maxwell’s all four equations and give the significance of each Answer: Maxwell's four equations are Gauss's law for electricity, Gauss's law for magnetism, Faraday's law and the Ampère–Maxwell law. Toget... 1
- When a frame of reference is said to be a non-inertial frame of reference? Give an example. Answer: a frame of reference is non-inertial when it is accelerating (changing speed or direction, including rotating) relative to an inerti... 1
- What is Galilean transformation? Derive Galilean transformation equations for position and time Answer: Galilean transformation gives the coordinates of an event in one inertial frame in terms of those in another frame moving with const... 1
- Given A = x2yi +(x-y) k, find ∇A Answer: nabla·vec A = 2xy Here A_x = x²y , A_y = 0 (there is no hat j term) and A_z = x - y . nabla·vec A = ∂ A_x/∂ x + ∂ A_y/∂ y + ∂ A_z/∂... 1
- If ф(x,y,z) = 3x2y - y3z 2 , Find ∇ ф at the point (-1, -2, 1). Answer: nablaφ = 12hat i - 9hat j + 16hat k at (−1, −2, 1). φ = 3x²y - y³z² and nablaφ = ∂φ/∂ xhat i + ∂φ/∂ yhat j + ∂φ/∂ zhat k . ∂φ/∂ x =... 1
- Explain the working of atomic force microscope in detail. Answer: an atomic force microscope (AFM) scans a very sharp tip, mounted on a flexible cantilever, over the sample surface; the tiny forces... 1
- A diffraction grating used at normal incidence gives a line, λ1 = 6000 A˚ in a certain order superimposed Answer: about 2778 lines per cm. Grating equation: (e+d)sinθ = nλ . The n th order of λ₁ coincides with the (n+1) th order of λ₂ at the same... 1
- What is importance of resonant cavity in the operation of laser? Answer: the resonant (optical) cavity provides optical feedback: its mirrors send photons back and forth through the active medium so that s... 1
- How is multipath dispersion overcome in Graded index fibre? Answer: in a graded-index fibre the refractive index decreases from the axis outwards, so rays that travel longer paths away from the axis a... 1
- Distinguish between single mode and multimode optical fiber Answer: a single-mode fibre has a very thin core that allows only one path (mode) of light; a multimode fibre has a wider core that allows m... 1
- Distinguish between step index and graded index optical fiber. Answer: in a step-index fibre the core has a uniform refractive index that drops suddenly at the cladding; in a graded-index fibre the core... 1
- What is population inversion state? Explain its significance in the operation of LASER. Answer: population inversion is the state in which more atoms are in a higher (excited) energy level than in a lower energy level. It is ess... 1
- Compute the maximum radius allowed for a fiber having core refractive index 1.5 and 1.48. Answer: maximum core radius ≈ 2.35\ μm (core diameter about 4.7 µm). A step-index fibre supports only one mode if its normalised frequency (... 1
- What is a grating? Define grating element? Discuss the phenomenon of Fraunhofer’s diffraction at a grating and obtain Answer: a grating is a large number of equal, equidistant parallel slits; the grating element is (e+d) , the width of one slit plus one opaq... 1
- Discuss the phenomenon of Fraunhofer’s diffraction at a single slit and obtain the condition for the first minimum. Answer: in Fraunhofer single-slit diffraction the first minimum occurs where asinθ = λ . For the grating, the maximum order visible is 14. P... 1
- What are different techniques to synthesize nanomaterials? Explain any one of them in detail. Answer: nanomaterials are synthesised by top-down methods (ball milling, lithography, etching, laser ablation) or bottom-up methods (sol-gel... 1
- State the advantages of optical fiber cables on conventional electrical cables Answer: optical fibres carry far more information over longer distances with lower loss, are immune to electrical interference, and are ligh... 1
- Find the divergence and curl of a vector A= x2 y î + (x-y) k ̂ Answer: nabla·vec A = 2xy and nabla×vec A = -hat i - hat j - x²hat k . Here A_x = x²y , A_y = 0 , A_z = x - y . Divergence nabla·vec A = ∂ A... 1