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A red LED emits light at 0.1 watt uniformly around it. The amplitude of the electric field of the light at a distance of 1 m from the diode is:

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Options:
  • A 7.75 V m-1
  • B 1.73 V m-1
  • C 2.45 V m-1
  • D 5.48 V m-1
Solution:
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The correct answer is: 2.45 V m-1


For a point source of power = P, then intensity at a point at a separation x from the source is, I=PowerArea=P4πx2 The average intensity of E.M. wave is given by, I=12cε0Eo2E0=2P4πε0c x2

14πε0=9×109, P=0.1 W, x=1 mc=3×108 m s-1

E0=2×0.1×9×1093×108×12=6=2.45 V m-1

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