Topic of Light
Year of 2007
5. a) The angle of incidence when the angle of refraction is 90
b) The angle of incidence is zero or The incident ray is parallel to normal or normal at point
A or perpendicular at A
c) i) Increase the angle of incidence
decrease the angle if incidence
ii) Glass is more dense than air or glass is denser
iii) Refraction
total internal reflection
d) Total Internal Reflection
c)
characteristics explanation/reasons
1. Bundle of fine parallel optical fibre 1. so that it is able of carrying a lot of information/
telephone calls
2. ni > n0 2. so that it can produce total internal reflection
3. High flexibility 3. so that can be used for longer distance or used
inside a patient's body
4. very high purity of inner core 4. so that signals can travel over long distance
without losing information
R = most suitable choice because
bundle of fine parallel optical fibre, ni > n0 , high flexibility and very high purity of inner core
1 1
d) i) n n
sin c sin c
1 1
1.50 2.42
sin c sin c
1 1
sin c sin c
1.50 2.42
c sin 1 0.6667 c sin 1 0.4132
c glass 41.8 cdiamond 24.4
ii)