Light passes through a single slit and shines on a flat screen that is located 0.4 m away.The width of the slit is 4 x 10-6 m. Determine the width of the central bright fringe forviolet light (wavelength of 410 nm). Draw a sketch to support your answer. (I know the answer is 0.083 m. I just want to see the process and the sketch) Young's double-slit experiment (bright fringe): d sin 0 = m1dYm = m2LALFringe spacing: Ay =dDiffraction Grating (bright fringe) d sin 0 = m2Thin Film Interference (constructive for film of index n immersed in air):12tm2' =nThin Film Interference (constructive for film of index n on a higher index substrate in air):2t = m2'nSingle-Slit DiffractionLocation of minima: a sin O = m2mALYm(Width of central maximum: w = 2yı)а2.44ALSpherical Aperture: W=

Given: D=0.4 md=4*10-6mλ=410 nm=410*10-9 m

Light passes through a single slit and shines on a flat screen that is located 0.4 m away. The width of the slit is 4 x 10-6 m. Determine the width of the central bright fringe for violet light (wavelength of 410 nm). Draw a sketch to support your answer. (I know the answer is 0.083 m. I just want to see the process and the sketch)

Light passes through a single slit and shines on a flat screen that is located 0.4 m away. The width of the slit is 4 x 10-6 m. Determine the width of the central bright fringe for violet light (wavelength of 410 nm). Draw a sketch to support your answer. (I know the answer is 0.083 m. I just want to see the process and the sketch)

Physics for Scientists and Engineers: Foundations and Connections

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Author:Katz, Debora M.

Publisher:Katz, Debora M.

Chapter35: Diffraction And Interference

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 40PQ

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