25 questions
What is Einstein's famous Equation?
Who invented the light bulb? He could be said to have created the first commercially practical incandescent light.
Elon Musk
Thomas Edison
Nikola Tesla
Alexander Graham Bell
What was Thomas Edison's full name?
Thomas Marvolo Riddle Edison
Thomas Malva Edison
Thomas Alva Edison
Thomas James Edison
How many Physicists does it take to change a light bulb?
1
2
3
Who postulated the wave nature of electrons?
Ernest Rutherford
Max Planck
Niels Bohr
Louis de Broglie
Albert Einstein won a Nobel prize in physics for...
Special relativity.
his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect.
General Relativity.
his hair.
Light can possess orbital angular momentum. What degree of freedom possesses this property?
amplitude
polarization
phase
wavelength
The study of the way general functions may be represented or approximated by sums of simpler trigonometric functions, is called
Real Analysis
Modal Decomposition
Fourier Analysis
Complex Analysis
What does the acronym LASER stand for:
Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation
Light Amplification by Simulated Emission of Radiation
Light Augmentation by Stimulated Emission of Radiation
Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Rays
1D infinite well potential
2D infinite well potential
1D Harmonic Oscillator
Hydrogen Potential
What is Poisson's Spot?
That stubborn piece of dirt that just won't wipe off the kitchen counter.
A bright point that appears at the center of a circular object's shadow due to Fresnel diffraction.
A dark point that appears at the center of an illuminated circular aperture in the far field, due to Fresnel diffraction.
Poisson's preferred spot on a couch, ideally located to the AC unit.
Which is NOT a type of 3D glasses:
Anaglyph 3D Glasses
Polarized 3D Glasses
Shutter 3D Glasses
Tinted 3D Glasses
This animal is capable of seeing 6 possible polarizations of light, including circularly polarized light
Mantis Shrimp
Octopus
Cuttlefish
honeybee
Optical Fibres make use of light for rapid data communication. What phenomenon of light allows for the propagation of light through an optical fibre?
None. The fibre has to be tied down.
Self-focusing
Diffraction
Total Internal Reflection
Which Greek Philosopher once said this quote: “We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.”
Plato
Pythagoras
Socrates
Aristotle
Fill in the blank: “Light thinks it travels faster than anything but it is wrong. No matter how fast light travels, it finds the ________ has always got there first, and is waiting for it.”
Triboluminescence is a phenomenon...
in which light is generated when a material is mechanically pulled apart, ripped, scratched, crushed, or rubbed.
in which light is scattered by particles in a colloid or in a very fine suspension.
where one sees light without light entering the eye.
where a substance exposed exposed to light (radiation) of a shorter wavelength will glow, absorbing the light and re-emitting it at a longer wavelength.
When was the first laser switched on?
May 10, 1960
May 16, 1960
June 05, 1962
March 16, 1960
Who switched on the first laser?
Max Planck
Albert Einstein
Theo Mainman
Theodore Maiman
What is the name of the popular sphere used to parametrise different states of polarization?
Bloch Sphere
4-dimensional hyper sphere
Poincare sphere
Dyson Sphere
Given the following entangled state, if we measure photon B to be in the state 3, what state will photon A be in?
State 0
State 1
State 2
State 3