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A) Acoustics B) Biology C) Optics D) Thermodynamics
A) Diffraction B) Refraction C) Dispersion D) Reflection
A) Concave mirror B) Plane mirror C) Flat mirror D) Convex mirror
A) 45 degrees B) Angle of reflection C) 90 degrees D) 180 degrees
A) Cylindrical lens B) Concave lens C) Bifocal lens D) Convex lens
A) 1 billion feet per second B) 299,792,458 meters per second C) 500,000 miles per second D) 100,000 kilometers per second
A) Pupil B) Cornea C) Iris D) Lens
A) Red B) Green C) Violet D) Blue
A) Dispersion B) Diffraction C) Refraction D) Rayleigh scattering
A) Aristotle B) Euclid C) Plato D) Democritus
A) Greeks B) Persians C) Ancient Egyptians and Mesopotamians D) Romans
A) Roger Bacon B) Alhazen C) Euclid D) Plato
A) Roger Bacon B) Alhazen (Ibn al-Haytham) C) Johannes Kepler D) Robert Grosseteste
A) Christiaan Huygens B) Isaac Newton C) Johannes Kepler D) René Descartes
A) Robert Hooke B) Johannes Kepler C) Christiaan Huygens D) Isaac Newton
A) Prism dispersion experiment B) Refraction through lenses experiment C) The double slit experiment D) Reflective mirror experiment
A) Isaac Newton B) Augustin-Jean Fresnel C) Thomas Young D) James Clerk Maxwell
A) Blackbody radiation B) Photoelectric effect C) Interference of light D) Diffraction patterns
A) James Clerk Maxwell B) Max Planck C) Niels Bohr D) Albert Einstein
A) Isaac Newton and Christiaan Huygens B) Max Planck and Niels Bohr C) George Sudarshan, Roy J. Glauber, and Leonard Mandel D) Paul Dirac and Albert Einstein
A) The spectacles B) The compound microscope C) The refracting telescope D) The first wearable eyeglasses
A) Roger Bacon B) Thomas Aquinas C) Robert Grosseteste D) Alhazen
A) Johannes Kepler B) Roger Bacon C) Isaac Newton D) Christiaan Huygens
A) Thomas Young and Augustin-Jean Fresnel B) James Clerk Maxwell and Max Planck C) Isaac Newton and Robert Hooke D) Albert Einstein and Niels Bohr
A) The spectacles B) The maser C) The refracting telescope D) The compound microscope
A) Light travels in circular paths. B) Light travels as an electromagnetic wave. C) Light travels randomly. D) Light travels in straight lines.
A) Planck's constant. B) Newton's law of motion. C) Fermat's principle, which states that light takes the path that can be traversed in the least time. D) Huygens' principle.
A) Up-down inversion B) No inversion C) Left-right inversion D) Front-back inversion
A) Corner reflectors B) Parabolic mirrors C) Flat mirrors D) Spherical mirrors
A) They scatter randomly. B) They converge at a common focus. C) They pass through without changing direction. D) They diverge away from the focus.
A) Chromatic aberration B) Astigmatism C) Coma aberration D) Spherical aberration
A) Magnified B) Virtual C) Inverted D) Real
A) The image is virtual. B) The image size is unchanged. C) The image is upright. D) The image is inverted.
A) n1/n2 = sin(θ1)/sin(θ2) B) n1 sin θ1 = n2 sin θ2 C) n1 - n2 = sin(θ1) - sin(θ2) D) n1 + n2 = sin(θ1) + sin(θ2)
A) n = v/c B) n = cv C) n = c + v D) n = c/v
A) It improves the resolution B) It has no effect on resolution C) It decreases the resolution D) It causes diffraction to disappear
A) Quantum noise B) Thermal noise C) Shot noise D) Flicker noise
A) LEDs B) Photodiodes C) Lasers D) Fiber optics cables
A) Cornea B) Optic nerve exit C) Pupil D) Lens
A) Destructive interference with decreased amplitude B) No change in wave amplitude C) Random interference patterns D) Constructive interference with increased amplitude
A) A spiral B) An ellipse C) A circle D) A single line
A) Refraction B) Diffraction C) Accommodation D) Reflection
A) Quantum optics B) Illumination engineering C) Non-linear optics D) Statistical optics
A) Unpolarised B) Partially polarised C) Fully polarised D) Circularly polarised
A) Cornea B) Fovea C) Lens D) Retina
A) Photons only. B) Beams. C) Waves. D) Particles.
A) Charles Townes B) Albert Einstein C) Theodore Maiman D) Arthur Schawlow
A) 200 to 900 nm. B) 500 to 800 nm. C) 300 to 600 nm. D) 400 to 700 nm.
A) Anomalous dispersion B) Material dispersion C) Waveguide dispersion D) Normal dispersion
A) Michelson interferometer B) Dielectric mirror C) Antireflective coating D) Interference filter
A) Meters B) Watts C) Diopters D) Lumens
A) 100% B) 50% C) 75% D) Around 38%
A) Myopia B) Hyperopia C) Presbyopia D) Astigmatism
A) 3.0×108 m/s. B) 2.5×108 m/s. C) 4.0×108 m/s. D) 1.5×108 m/s.
A) Retina cells B) Rod cells C) Lens cells D) Cone cells
A) By using constructive interference B) By aligning wave crests and troughs C) By using destructive interference D) By increasing wave amplitude
A) Exposure ∝ (ApertureArea × ExposureTime) / SceneLuminance B) Exposure ∝ ApertureArea × ExposureTime × SceneLuminance C) Exposure ∝ ApertureArea - ExposureTime × SceneLuminance D) Exposure ∝ ApertureArea + ExposureTime + SceneLuminance
A) Mirages B) Coronas C) Rainbows D) Halos
A) A vector model B) Fourier optics C) Geometrical optics D) A scalar model
A) Lens cells B) Rod cells C) Cone cells D) Retina cells
A) Dispersion delay parameter (D) B) Phase shift C) Chirp rate D) Wavelength modulation
A) Lasers B) Radios C) Microwaves D) Masers
A) 1982 B) 1958 C) 1974 D) 1960
A) James Clerk Maxwell B) Niels Bohr C) Albert Einstein D) Isaac Newton
A) Neurosurgery B) Open-heart surgery C) Bloodless surgery D) Orthopedic surgery
A) Homogeneous materials B) Gradient-index (GRIN) materials C) Anisotropic materials D) Isotropic materials
A) The Ames room illusion. B) The Ehrenstein illusion. C) The café wall illusion. D) The Zöllner illusion.
A) Optics B) Interferometry C) Superposition D) Huygens–Fresnel principle
A) Refractive index B) Abbe number C) Group velocity D) Propagation constant
A) Fourier optics B) Kirchhoff diffraction equation C) Finite element method D) Gaussian beam propagation
A) Snell's law B) Brewster's law C) Malus's law D) Fresnel's law
A) Green flash B) Brocken spectre C) Fata Morgana D) Novaya Zemlya effect
A) Lens B) Retina C) Pupil D) Cornea
A) Numerical modeling techniques like the finite element method B) Fourier optics C) Geometrical optics D) Gaussian beam propagation
A) Random polarisation B) Linear polarisation C) Elliptical polarisation D) Circular polarisation
A) Brillouin effect B) Rayleigh effect C) Compton effect D) Tyndall effect
A) Compact disc player B) Laserdisc player C) Barcode scanner D) Fiber-optic communication system
A) Circular or elliptical polarisation B) Linear polarisation C) Unpolarised D) Random polarisation
A) Interference patterns. B) Monochromatic aberrations. C) Chromatic aberrations. D) Diffraction effects.
A) Thin film filters B) Dielectric mirrors C) Michelson interferometers D) Antireflective coatings
A) Myopia B) Hyperopia C) Presbyopia D) Astigmatism
A) Bragg peak B) Rayleigh spot C) Fresnel zone D) Airy disk
A) Maxwell's equations B) The Kirchhoff diffraction equation C) Huygens' principle D) Gaussian beam propagation
A) Gaussian beam propagation B) Huygens–Fresnel principle C) Geometrical optics D) The finite element method
A) Robert Hooke B) Isaac Newton C) James Gregory D) Francesco Maria Grimaldi
A) Constructive interference with increased amplitude B) No change in wave amplitude C) Random interference patterns D) Destructive interference with decreased amplitude
A) Scattering effects B) Polarisation effects C) Emission effects D) Absorption effects
A) Niels Bohr B) Étienne-Louis Malus C) Albert Einstein D) James Clerk Maxwell
A) Normal dispersion B) Waveguide dispersion C) Material dispersion D) Anomalous dispersion |