A totally reflecting, small plane mirror placed horizontally faces a parallel beam of light as shown in the figure. The mass of the mirror is 20 g. Assume that there is no absorption in the lens and that 30% of the light emitted by the source goes through the lens. Find the power (in W) of the source needed to support the weight of the mirror. Take
A totally reflecting, small plane mirror placed horizontally faces a parallel beam of light as shown in the figure. The mass of the mirror is 20 g. Assume that there is no absorption in the lens and that 30% of the light emitted by the source goes through the lens. Find the power (in W) of the source needed to support the weight of the mirror. Take
(1) Let photons (each of frequency ) per second are emitted from source. Then power of source is But only 30% of the photons go towards mirrors Then force exerted on mirror is and this force should be equal to weight of mirror, so |