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34.23) A Helium-Neon (He-Ne) Laser Has A Wavelength of 632.8 NM

This document contains the solutions to several physics problems: 1) It calculates the wavelength of light passing through Lucite with an index of refraction of 1.5. 2) It finds the speed of light in Lucite. 3) It solves a problem involving the wavelength and interference pattern in a Young's double-slit experiment. 4) It converts the speed of light to feet per nanosecond. 5) It calculates the wavelength of a photon and electron both with an energy of 2 eV.

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34.23) A Helium-Neon (He-Ne) Laser Has A Wavelength of 632.8 NM

This document contains the solutions to several physics problems: 1) It calculates the wavelength of light passing through Lucite with an index of refraction of 1.5. 2) It finds the speed of light in Lucite. 3) It solves a problem involving the wavelength and interference pattern in a Young's double-slit experiment. 4) It converts the speed of light to feet per nanosecond. 5) It calculates the wavelength of a photon and electron both with an energy of 2 eV.

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Eunice V.

Ilagan Physics II
STEM 1201

34.23) A helium-neon (He-Ne) laser has a wavelength of 632.8 nm.


a) What is the wavelength of this light as it passes through Lucite with index of
refraction n = 1.500?
b) What is the speed of the light in the Lucite?

Solution:
a) Given: λ = He-Ne laser wavelength = 632.8 nm
n = Lucite index of refraction = 1.500
λn = ?
λ
Formula: λn = n where: λ - wavelength of light in a vacuum
λn - wavelength of light in a medium
n - index of refraction
632.8 nm
λn=
1.500

= 421.87 nm or 421.9 nm

b) Given: n = Lucite index of refraction = 1.500


v=?
c
Formula: v = n where: v - speed of light in a medium
c - speed of light in a vacuum
n - index of refraction
2.998 x 10 8 m/ s
v=
1.500

= 1.999 x 108 m/s or 2.00 x 108 m/s

34.27) A Young s double-slit experiment is performed with monochromatic green light


(λ = 540 nm). The separation between the slits is 0.100 mm, and the interference
pattern on a screen has the first side maximum 5.40 mm from the center of the pattern.
How far away from the slits is the screen?
Eunice V. Ilagan Physics II
STEM 1201

35.27) Find the speed of light in feet per nanosecond, to three significant figures.
speed of light = 2.998 x 108 m/s

2.998 x 108 m/s = 2.998 m x 0.0006213712 mi x 5280 ft.x 1 s = 0.984ft./ns


9
s 1m 1 mi 10 ns

36.39) Calculate the wavelength of:


a) a photon with a photon energy of 2 eV.
b) an electron with a kinetic energy of 2 eV.

Solution:
a) Given : Photon’s energy = 2 eV
hc
Formula: λ =
E
h = Planck constant which is 6.626 x 10-34 J · s
c = speed of light in a vacuum which is 2.998 x 10 8 m/s
λ = wavelength of light
E = Photon energy (eV) 1.6 x 10−19 J

(6.626 x 10−34 J · s)( 2.998 x 108 m/ s)


λ = = 621 nm
( 1.6 x 10−19 J x 2 )
where the photon energy was multiplied with the electronic charge to convert the
energy in Joule rather than electron Volt.

b) Given : Electron’s energy = 2 eV

The kinetic energy of an electron is related to its momentum by:

p2
Formula : K= where p = momentum
2m
m = mass of electron which is 9.1 x 10-31 kg.
K = kinetic energy of an electron which is 1.6 x 10−19 J

from which we find the momentum, p:


Eunice V. Ilagan Physics II
STEM 1201

p = (2mK)1/2 = (2 x 9.1 x 10-31 kg. x 1.6 x 10-19J x 2 )1/2 = 7.63 x 10-25 kg


m/s.

The de Broglie wavelength of the electron is then obtained from:

h
Formula: λ = h = Planck constant which is 6.626 x 10-34 J · s
p
P = momentum
−34
( 6.626 x 10 J · s)
λ=
m
(7.63 x 10−25 kg · ) ¿
s
¿

m2
(6.626 x 10−34 kg · · s)
s2
m
(7.63 x 10−25 kg · ) ¿
s
¿
m2
(6.626 x 10−34 kg · )
s
m
(7.63 x 10−25 kg · ) ¿
s
¿
( 6.626 x 10−34 )
(7.63 x 10−25) m ¿
¿

λ = 0.87 nm

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