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