Homework 1

  • Due Jan 15, 2019 by 11:59pm
  • Points 5
  • Submitting a file upload
  • File Types pdf

This assignment is due at the beginning of class 10.40am on Tuesday January 15th 2018 (or before)

If you cannot hand in your homework sheet in class in person, it is OK to email a picture/scan of the sheet with your solution to the Professor: sara@ucsc.edu




  1. There are a few possible reasons why it is easier to set fire to a piece of paper with a UV laser than a visible light laser. Please explain what you think is the main reason that this is the case.








  2. With a starting point from Fermat’s principle, explain in a few sentences and with illustrations how a thin positive lens refracts an incoming beams of light from a few different angles of your choice.








 

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