9. Recall from class that the resolution is limited due to the nature of light. More specifically,since light diffracts as it goes through a small opening, it becomes difficult to differentiatetwo light sources when the diffraction central peak from one source overlaps with the firstminimum of the second source, as shown in the figure below.The angle subtended by thesources at the slit is largeenough for the diffractionpatterns to be distinguishable.The angle subtended by thesources is so small that theirdiffraction patterns overlap, andthe images are not well resolved.44Slit Viewing screenSlit Viewing screen(a) The pupil of the human eye has an aperture of around 5mm, and visible light haswavelengths peaked around 500nm. Estimate the angular resolution of the humaneye (that is, the smallest angle for which you could distinguish that light was comingfrom two different directions).(b) Suppose two point sources of light were separated by a distance r, and you arestanding one meter away from them. Estimate the smallest distance r for which youcould tell that there were two point sources (rather than just one).

λ= 500 nm=5×10-7 md=5 mm=5×10-3 m And θ=1.22λd

9. Recall from class that the resolution is limited due to the nature of light. More specifically, since light diffracts as it goes through a small opening, it becomes difficult to differentiate two light sources when the diffraction central peak from one source overlaps with the first minimum of the second source, as shown in the figure below. The angle subtended by the sources at the slit is large enough for the diffraction patterns to be distinguishable. The angle subtended by the sources is so small that their diffraction patterns overlap, and the images are not well resolved.

9. Recall from class that the resolution is limited due to the nature of light. More specifically, since light diffracts as it goes through a small opening, it becomes difficult to differentiate two light sources when the diffraction central peak from one source overlaps with the first minimum of the second source, as shown in the figure below. The angle subtended by the sources at the slit is large enough for the diffraction patterns to be distinguishable. The angle subtended by the sources is so small that their diffraction patterns overlap, and the images are not well resolved.

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Chapter4: Diffraction

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