General Physics, 2nd Edition
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If white light is passed to double slit experiment, what will be observed.
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- Coherent light of wavelength 501.5 nm is sent through two parallel slits in an opaque material. Each slit is 0.700 m wide. Their centers are 2.80 m apart. The light then falls on a semicylindrical screen, with its axis at the midline between the slits. We would like to describe the appearance of the pattern of light visible on the screen. (a) Find the direction for each two-slit interference maximum on the screen as an angle away from the bisector of the line joining the slits. (b) How many angles are there that represent two-slit interference maxima? (c) Find the direction for each single-slit interference minimum on the screen as an angle away from the bisector of the line joining the slits. (d) How many angles are there that represent single-slit interference minima? (e) How many of the angles in part (d) are identical to those in part (a)? (f) How many bright fringes are visible on the screen? (g) If the intensity of the central fringe is Imax, what is the intensity of the last fringe visible on the screen?arrow_forwardSuppose you use the same double slit to perform Young's double slit experiment in air and then repeat the experiment in water. Do the angles to the same parts of the interference pattern get larger or smaller? Does the color of the light change? Explain.arrow_forwardConsider a wave passing through a single slit. What happens to the width of the central maximum of its diffraction pattern as the slit is made hall' as wide? (a) It becomes one-half as wide. (b) It becomes one-half as wide. (c) Its width does not change. (d) It becomes twice as wide. (e) It becomes four limes as wide.arrow_forward
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