JEE Advanced2015PhysicsRay OpticsActual
Paragraph: Light guidance in an optical fiber can be understood by considering a structure comprising of thin solid glass cylinder of refractive index n₁ surrounded by a medium of lower refractive index n₂ . The light guidance in the structure takes place due to successive total internal reflections at the interface of the media n₁ and n₂ as shown in the figure. All rays with the angle of incidence i less than a part
Options
- AN A 1 N A 2 N A 1 + N A 2
- BN A 1 + N A 2
- CN A 1
- DN A 2
Correct answer
D. N A 2
Step-by-step solution
It is given that N A 2 < N A 1 ⇒ i m 2 < i m 1 Hence if the combination can be placed both ways i.e. 1 s t structure & then 2 n d structure and then reversed also, then the condition of TIR is satisfied for lower i m then it can be satisfied for all other less angles as well. Hence N A 2 will be the numerical aperture of the combined structure.