ME/CS 132a, Winter 2010, Homework 1 FAQ
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Problem 1
- It looks like the units don't exactly cancel out in the exponential term in the Planck's law. Is this supposed to happen?
- Answer: If you are using the old slides from lecture 2, the correct unit for the Planck constant is J·s, or W·s<html>2</html> (but everything else is correct). The revised version has corrected this typo. [Shuo]
Problem 2
- Is the answer going to have a dA_d term in it or would we have to integrate to get any of the phi's?
- Answer: No, there won't be any integral involved (don't overthink!). The purpose of the problem is to let you learn how to "estimate" some of the quantities in radiometry for a real problem. [Shuo]
- Once the laser reflects off the terrain, should we treat the reflected laser as an extended source, or a point source?
- Answer: For simplicity, treat the reflected light as if it is coming from a point source. [Shuo]
Problem 3
- Do we have to show that the focal length is equal to R/2/(n-1)?
- Answer: No, you don't. [Shuo]
- Can we use the fact that the index of refraction of a vacuum (and approximately the index of refraction of air) is 1?
- Answer: You can assume that the refractive index of the air is 1 when deriving the thin lens equation, but the first part (showing the ray is not refracted if it passes the center of a thin lens) shouldn't depend on this. [Shuo]
