title: Problem Set 9
(9.6)
{:.question} Solve the periodically forced Lorentz model for the dielectric constant as a function of frequency, and plot the real and imaginary parts.
(12.1)
(a)
{:.question} How many watts of power are contained in the light from a 1000 lumen video projector?
(b)
{:.question} What spatial resolution is needed for the printing of a page in a book to match the eye’s limit?
(12.2)
(a)
{:.question} What is the peak wavelength for black-body radiation from a person? From the cosmic background radiation at 2.74 K?
(b)
{:.question} Approximately how hot is a material if it is “red-hot”?
(c)
{:.question} Estimate the total power thermally radiated by a person.
(12.3)
(a)
{:.question} Find a thickness and an orientation for a birefringent material that rotates a linearly polarized wave by
(b)
{:.question} Find a thickness and an orientation that converts linearly polarized light to circularly polarized light, and evaluate the thickness for calcite.
(c)
{:.question} Consider two linear polarizers oriented along the same direction, and a birefringent material placed between them. What is the transmitted intensity as a function of the orientation of the birefringent material relative to the axis of the polarizers?