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GATE PH 2008 • Q32 (MCQ) +2 Mark

A plane electromagnetic wave is given by E,(ê + e" f)expfi(kz-wt)}. At a given location, the number of times È vanishes in one second is (A) An integer near when S = nл and zero wh...

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GATE PH 2008 • Q36 (MCQ) +2 Mark

A nonrelativistic charged particle moves along the positive x-axis with a constant positive acceleration aî. The particle is at the origin at t = 0. Radiation is observed at t = 0 ...

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GATE PH 2008 • Q37 (MCQ) +2 Mark

A nonrelativistic charged particle moves along the positive x-axis with a constant positive acceleration aî . The particle is at the origin at t = 0. Radiation is observed at 1 = 0...

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GATE PH 2009 • Q14 (MCQ) +1 Mark

Group I lists some physical phenomena while Group Il gives some physical parameters. Match the phenomena with the corresponding parameter. Group I Group II P. Doppler Broadening 1....

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GATE PH 2009 • Q49 (MCQ) +2 Mark

Two monochromatic waves having frequencies a and a + A∞ (Aa < w) and corresponding wavelengths 2 and 2 - 2(A2 << 1) of same polarization, traveling along x-axis are superimposed on...

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GATE PH 2009 • Q50 (MCQ) +2 Mark

Two monochromatic waves having frequencies @ and w + Aw (Aw < w) and corresponding wavelengths 2 and 2 - Д2 (A2 << 2) of same polarization, traveling along x-axis are superimposed ...

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GATE PH 2012 • Q11 (MCQ) +1 Mark

A plane electromagnetic wave traveling in free space is incident normally on a glass plate of refractive index 3/2. If there is no absorption by the glass, its reflectivity is...

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GATE PH 2013 • Q16 (MCQ) +1 Mark

A circularly polarized monochromatic plane wave is incident on a dielectric interface at Brewster angle. Which one of the following statements is CORRECT ?...

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GATE PH 2015 • Q45 (MCQ) +2 Mark

A long solenoid is embedded in a conducting medium and is insulated from the medium. If the current through the solenoid is increased at a constant rate, the induced current in the...

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GATE PH 2015 • Q50 (MCQ) +2 Mark

A plane wave (* + iý)E, expli(kz - cot) after passing through an optical element emerges as (*- iỷ)E, exp (kz- cot), where k and co are the wavevector and the angular frequency, re...

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GATE PH 2018 • Q47 (MCQ) +2 Mark

A quarter wave plate introduces a path difference of 2/4 between the two components of olarization parallel and perpendicular to the optic axis. An electromagnetic wave with = (@ +...

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GATE PH 2021 • Q19 (MCQ) +1 Mark

(A) (B) (C) Choose the correct statement from the following. Silicon is a direct band gap semiconductor. Conductivity of metals decreases with increase in temperature. Conductivity...

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GATE PH 2021 • Q21 (MSQ) +1 Mark

As shown in the figure, an electromagnetic wave with intensity I, is incident at the interface of two media having refractive indices N1 = 1 and n2 = V3. The wave is reflected with...

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GATE PH 2022 • Q22 (MSQ) +1 Mark

For normal Zeeman lines observed ∥ and ⊥ to the magnetic field applied to an atom, which of the following statements are true?...

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GATE PH 2022 • Q35 (NAT) +1 Mark

A spectrometer is used to detect plasma oscillations in a sample. The spectrometer can work in the range of 3 × 1012 rad s-1 to 30 × 1012 rad s-1. The minimum carrier concentration...

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GATE PH 2022 • Q43 (MCQ) +2 Mark

In a two-dimensional square lattice, frequency \omega of phonons in the long wavelength limit changes linearly with the wave vector k. Then the density of states of phonons is prop...

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GATE PH 2022 • Q58 (MSQ) +2 Mark

A plane polarized electromagnetic wave propagating in y-z plane is incident at the interface of two media at Brewster's angle. Taking z = 0 as the boundary between the two media, t...

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GATE PH 2024 • Q12 (MCQ) +1 Mark

An unpolarized plane electromagnetic wave in a dielectric medium 1 is incident on a plane interface that separates medium 1 from another dielectric medium 2. Medium 1 and medium 2 ...

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GATE PH 2025 • Q16 (MCQ) +1 Mark

Which one of the following is correct for the phase velocity vp and group velocity vg? (c is the speed of light in vacuum)...

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