MSE303: Electronic and Magnetic Properties of Materials

Practice Problems Set 6

Topics covered: Optical and Magnetic Properties
1. A parallel beam of light in air makes an angle 34.0o with the surface normal of a glass plate having a
refractive index of 1.52
i.
What is the angle between the reflected part of beam and incident beam?
ii.
What is the angle between the refracted beam and the surface normal of the glass plate?
2. The critical angle for a liquid-air interface in 43.0o. What is the refractive index of the liquid?
3. A parallel beam of unpolarized light in air is incident on a flat glass surface at an angle of 57.0o to
the surface normal. The reflected beam is completely linearly polarized. What is the refractive index
of the glass?
4. The fraction of non-reflected light that is transmitted through a 200 mm thickness of glass is 0.98.
Calculate the absorption coefficient of this material.
5. Lattice parameter of nickel is 0.352 nm and saturation magnetization of nickel is 5x105 A/m. Find
out the magnetic moment per nickel atom in units of ! . (! =9.27x10-24 Am2).
6. Calculate the saturation magnetization for Fe3O4 given that each cubic unit cell contains 8 Fe+2 and
16 Fe+3 ions, and that the unit cell length in 8.4 angstroms.