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Momentum delivered to a surface by absorbed light

This type of question, asked 3 times: 30 Jan 2023, 30 Jan 2024, 4 Apr 2025. All 3 questions below, oldest first.

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  1. Question 1

    30 Jan 2023

    5
    A small object at rest, absorbs a light pulse of power 20 mW20\text{ }mW and duration 300 ns300\text{ }ns. Assuming speed of light as 3×108 m/s3 \times10^{8}\text{ }m/s, the momentum of the object becomes equal to :

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  2. Question 2

    30 Jan 2024

    100
    If the total energy transferred to a surface in time tt is 6.48×105 J6.48 \times10^{5}\text{ }J, then the magnitude of the total momentum delivered to this surface for complete absorption will be:

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  3. Question 3

    4 Apr 2025

    2
    A small mirror of mass mm is suspended by a massless thread of length ll. Then the small angle through which the thread will be deflected when a short pulse of laser of energy E falls normal on the mirror. ( c=c = speed of light in vacuum and g=g = acceleration due to gravity)

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