Question

A typical helium-neon laser found in supermarket checkout scanners emits 633-nm-wavelength light in a 1.0-mm-diameter beam with a power of 1.0 mW. What are the amplitudes of the oscillating electric and magnetic fields in the laser beam?

Answer 1

Answer:

Eo = 9.796 x 10^2 N/C

Bo = 3.266 x 10^-6 T

Explanation:

Given

Wavelength λ = 633 nm

Diameter of the beam D =  1.0 mm

Power P = 1.0 mW

Solution

Radius of the beam r = D/2 = 0.5 mm = 0.0005 m

Area of cross section

$A = \pi r^{2} \\A = 3.15 \times 0.0005^{2}\\A = 7.58 \times 10^{-7} m^{2}$

Intensity

$I = \frac{P}{A} \\I = \frac{0.001}{7.85\times 10^{-7}} \\I = 1273.885 {W}/{m^{2} }$

Amplitude of Electric Field

$E_{o} = \sqrt{\frac{2I}{ \epsilon_{o}c } } \\E_{o} = \sqrt{\frac{2 \times 1273.88}{ 8.85 \times 10^{-12} \times 3 \times 10^{8} } }\\E_{o} = 9.796 \times 10^{2}N/C$

Amplitude of Magnetic Field

$B_{o} = \sqrt{\frac{2 \mu_{o}I}{c } } \\B_{o} = \sqrt{\frac{2 \times 4 \times \pi \times 10^{-7} \times 1273.88}{ 3 \times 10^{8} } }\\B_{o} = 3.266 \times 10^{-6} T$