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Anna [14]
3 years ago
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This is one of a pair of problems that treat the same situation. This one uses a quantum mechanical analysis, while the other us

es a classical wave analysis. We encourage you to compare the words used in the two. An unpolarized photon beam is incident on the usual 2-slit apparatus, with a screen behind. One slit has a linear polarizer aligned in the H direction, while the other has a linear polarizer rotated by 45°. 1) What is the ratio of minimum to maximum photon probability densities in the interference pattern on the screen? min/max =
Physics
1 answer:
DochEvi [55]3 years ago
3 0

Answer:

The ratio is  \frac{I_{min}}{I_{max}}  = 0.029

Explanation:

Let assume that the intensity of the unpolarized  photon beam is  I_o

   The through the linear polarizer is mathematically represented as

       I_1 =  I_ocos^2(\theta )

Here \theta = 0 given that the polarizer is  linear

   So

        I_1 =  I_o

The intensity of the I_o  emerging from the polarizer oriented 45° to the horizontal is  

         I_2 =  I_o cos^2(45)

       I_2 = \frac{I_o}{2}

The maximum photon probability density is  mathematically represented as

          I_{max} = ( \sqrt{I_1} +  \sqrt{I_2})^2

=>      I_{max} = ( \sqrt{I_o} +  \sqrt{\frac{I_o}{2} })^2

The minimum photon probability density is  mathematically represented as

        I_{max} = ( \sqrt{I_1} -  \sqrt{I_2})^2

        I_{max} = ( \sqrt{I_o} -  \sqrt{\frac{I_o}{2} })^2

The ratio of minimum to maximum is mathematically represented as

          \frac{I_{min}}{I_{max}}  =  \frac{ I_o - \frac{I_o}{I_2} }{I_o + \frac{I_o}{I_2}}

         \frac{I_{min}}{I_{max}}  =  \frac{I_o (1 - \frac{1}{\sqrt{2} } ) }{I_o(1 + \frac{1}{\sqrt{2} })}

        \frac{I_{min}}{I_{max}}  =  \frac{(\sqrt{2} - 1 )^2}{(\sqrt{2} + 1 )^2}

       \frac{I_{min}}{I_{max}}  =  \frac{0.17157}{5.8284}

       \frac{I_{min}}{I_{max}}  = 0.029

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