Physical Optics Quiz

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Which branch of optics studies interference, diffraction, polarization, and other phenomena for which the ray approximation of geometric optics is not valid?

Physical optics (correct)

Coherence theory

Wave optics

Geometric optics

What is physical optics commonly used for in optics, electrical engineering, and applied physics?

To calculate the transmitted or scattered field

To study quantum noise in optical communication

To estimate the field on a surface (correct)

To ignore wave effects in geometric optics

What does the term 'physical' in physical optics mean?

It is a sub-branch of coherence theory

It is more physical than geometric or ray optics (correct)

It studies quantum noise in optical communication

It is an exact physical theory

What does the Born approximation in physical optics resemble?

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Which theory is a precise theory in optics, electrical engineering, and applied physics?

Coherence theory Signup and view all the answers

Which term is commonly used to refer to the study of phenomena such as polarization, diffraction, and interference where the ray approximation of geometric optics cannot be done?

Wave optics Signup and view all the answers

What does wave optics involve integrating the ray-estimated field over?

All of the above Signup and view all the answers

What is the approximate name of the section of optics that deals with the behavior of light and its wave characteristics?

Physical optics Signup and view all the answers

What is the main focus of wave optics in the estimation of the field on a surface?

Ray optics Signup and view all the answers

Which theory in optics is commonly used for the estimation of the field on a surface?

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Which branch of optics studies interference, diffraction, polarization, and other phenomena for which the ray approximation of geometric optics is not valid?

What is physical optics commonly used for in optics, electrical engineering, and applied physics?

What does the term 'physical' in physical optics mean?

What does the Born approximation in physical optics resemble?

Which theory is a precise theory in optics, electrical engineering, and applied physics?

Which term is commonly used to refer to the study of phenomena such as polarization, diffraction, and interference where the ray approximation of geometric optics cannot be done?

What does wave optics involve integrating the ray-estimated field over?

What is the approximate name of the section of optics that deals with the behavior of light and its wave characteristics?

What is the main focus of wave optics in the estimation of the field on a surface?

Which theory in optics is commonly used for the estimation of the field on a surface?

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