Fayoum University Name:

Faculty of Engineering

Department of Electrical Engineering

Microwaves Quiz 2017

Question.1

i.Which one of the following is an accurate statement about light?

A) When light strikes a surface at Brewster's angle, the reflected and transmitted light are
both 100% polarized.
B) When light strikes a surface at Brewster's angle, it is completely reflected at the surface.
C) When light strikes a surface at Brewster's angle, only the reflected light is 100% polarized.
D) When light strikes a surface at the critical angle, only the reflected light is 100%polarized.
E) When light strikes a surface at the critical angle, all the light passes through the surface.

ii.If the magnetic field of an electromagnetic wave is in the +x-direction and the electric field of the wave
is in the +y-direction, the wave is traveling in the
A) xy-plane.
B) +z-direction.
C) -z-direction.
D) -x-direction.
E) -y-direction.

iii.Light is circularly polarized if

A) the cross section of a spherical wave front is polarized.
B) it consists of two plane-polarized waves that are out of phase with each other by 90.
C) it is refracted by a medium that has a high index of refraction.
D) it is reflected at the critical angle and polarized.
E) it is polarized by scattering from molecules.

iv. When unpolarized light from air (n = 1) is incident on a piece of glass with index of refraction =
1.34, the reflected light is found to be completely polarized when the angle of incidence is B .
What is the angle of refraction in this case? Give a numerical answer.

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v. Which one of the following statements about light is accurate?
A) For angles of incidence greater than the critical angle, all the light is absorbed in the second
medium.
B) Total internal reflection can occur only for light passing from an optically rare (small n)
medium to an optically dense (large n) medium.
C) Total internal reflection can occur only for light passing from an optically dense (large n)
medium to an optically rare (small n) medium.
D) Total internal reflection can occur for light traveling either way across a boundary.
E) For angles of incidence less than the critical angle, all the light is absorbed in the second
medium.

Question.2: