Physics for Scientists & Engineers with Modern Physics [With Access Code]
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Chapter 35, Problem 5Q
Describe the single-slit diffraction pattern produced when white light falls on a slit having a width of (a) 50 nm, (b) 50,000 nm.
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Ch. 35.1 - Single-slit diffraction maximum. Light of...Ch. 35.4 - Green light (550 nm) passes through a...Ch. 35.5 - What is the resolving power of a microscope with a...Ch. 35.10 - Prob. 1DECh. 35.11 - CONCEPTUAL EXAMPLE 3514 Three Polaroids. We saw in...Ch. 35 - Radio waves and light are both electromagnetic...Ch. 35 - Hold one hand close to your eye and focus on a...Ch. 35 - Explain why diffraction patterns are more...Ch. 35 - For diffraction by a single slit, what is the...Ch. 35 - Describe the single-slit diffraction pattern...
Ch. 35 - What happens to the diffraction pattern of a...Ch. 35 - In the single-slit diffraction pattern, why does...Ch. 35 - Discuss the similarities, and differences, of...Ch. 35 - Figure 3510 shows a two-slit interference pattern...Ch. 35 - When both diffraction and interference are taken...Ch. 35 - Does diffraction limit the resolution of images...Ch. 35 - Give at least two advantages for the use of large...Ch. 35 - Atoms have diameters of about 108 cm. Can visible...Ch. 35 - Which color of visible light would give the best...Ch. 35 - Could a diffraction grating just as well be called...Ch. 35 - Suppose light consisting of wavelengths between...Ch. 35 - What is the difference in the interference...Ch. 35 - White light strikes (a) a diffraction grating and...Ch. 35 - Explain why there are tiny peaks between the main...Ch. 35 - What does polarization tell us about the nature of...Ch. 35 - How can you tell if a pair of sunglasses is...Ch. 35 - Prob. 23QCh. 35 - (I) If 680-nm light falls on a slit 0.0365 mm...Ch. 35 - (I) Monochromatic light falls on a slit that is...Ch. 35 - (II) Light of wavelength 580 nm falls on a slit...Ch. 35 - (II) Consider microwaves which are incident...Ch. 35 - (II) If parallel light falls on a single slit of...Ch. 35 - (II) Monochromatic light of wavelength 633 nm...Ch. 35 - (II) If a slit diffracts 580-nm light so that the...Ch. 35 - (II) (a) For a given wavelength , what is the...Ch. 35 - (II) When blue light of wavelength 440 nm falls on...Ch. 35 - (II) A single slit 1.0 mm wide is illuminated by...Ch. 35 - (II) Coherent light from a laser diode is emitted...Ch. 35 - (II) If you double the width of a single slit, the...Ch. 35 - (II) Light of wavelength 750 nm passes through a...Ch. 35 - (II) If a double-slit pattern contains exactly...Ch. 35 - (II) Design a double-slit apparatus so that the...Ch. 35 - (II) 605-nm light passes through a pair of slits...Ch. 35 - (II) Two 0.010-mm-wide slits are 0.030mm apart...Ch. 35 - (II) Suppose d = D in a double-slit apparatus, so...Ch. 35 - (II) In a double-slit experiment, let d = 5.00D =...Ch. 35 - (II) How many fringes are contained in the central...Ch. 35 - (I) What is the angular resolution limit (degrees)...Ch. 35 - (II) Two stars 16 light-years away are barely...Ch. 35 - (II) The nearest neighboring star to the Sun is...Ch. 35 - (II) If you shine a flashlight beam toward the...Ch. 35 - (II) Suppose that you wish to construct a...Ch. 35 - (II) The normal lens on a 35-mm camera has a focal...Ch. 35 - (I) At what angle will 480-nm light produce a...Ch. 35 - (I) A source produces first-order lines when...Ch. 35 - (I) A 3500-line/cm grating produces a third-order...Ch. 35 - (I) A grating has 6800 lines/cm. How many spectral...Ch. 35 - (II) How many lines per centimeter does a grating...Ch. 35 - (II) Red laser light from a He-Ne laser ( = 632.8...Ch. 35 - (II) White light containing wavelengths from 410...Ch. 35 - (II) A diffraction grating has 6.0 l05 lines/m....Ch. 35 - (II) A tungstenhalogen bulb emits a continuous...Ch. 35 - (II) Show that the second- and third-order spectra...Ch. 35 - (II) Two first-order spectrum lines are measured...Ch. 35 - (II) Suppose the angles measured in Problem 40...Ch. 35 - (II) The first-order line of 589-nm light falling...Ch. 35 - Prob. 43PCh. 35 - (II) Missing orders occur for a diffraction...Ch. 35 - (II) A 6500-line/cm diffraction grating is 3.18 cm...Ch. 35 - (II) A diffraction grating has 16,000 rulings in...Ch. 35 - (II) Let 580-nm light be incident normally on a...Ch. 35 - Prob. 49PCh. 35 - (II) First-order Bragg diffraction is observed at...Ch. 35 - Prob. 51PCh. 35 - (I) Two polarizers are oriented at 65 to one...Ch. 35 - (I) Two Polaroids are aligned so that the light...Ch. 35 - (I) What is Brewsters angle for an airglass (n =...Ch. 35 - (I) What is Brewsters angle for a diamond...Ch. 35 - (II) The critical angle for total internal...Ch. 35 - (II) At what angle should the axes of two...Ch. 35 - (II) Two polarizers are oriented at 36.0 to one...Ch. 35 - (II) What would Brewsters angle be for reflections...Ch. 35 - (II) Unpolarized light passes through six...Ch. 35 - (II) Two polarizers A and B are aligned so that...Ch. 35 - (III) The percent polarization P of a partially...Ch. 35 - When violet light of wavelength 415 nm falls on a...Ch. 35 - A series of polarizers are each placed at a 10...Ch. 35 - The wings of a certain beetle have a series of...Ch. 35 - A teacher stands well back from an outside doorway...Ch. 35 - Light is incident on a diffraction grating with...Ch. 35 - How many lines per centimeter must a grating have...Ch. 35 - When yellow sodium light, = 589 nm, falls on a...Ch. 35 - Prob. 70GPCh. 35 - (a) How far away can a human eye distinguish two...Ch. 35 - A laser beam passes through a slit of width 1.0 cm...Ch. 35 - Prob. 73GPCh. 35 - At what angle above the horizon is the Sun when...Ch. 35 - Unpolarized light tails on two polarizer sheets...Ch. 35 - Al what angle should the axes of two Polaroids be...Ch. 35 - Four polarizers are placed in succession with...Ch. 35 - Spy planes fly at extremely high altitudes (25 km)...Ch. 35 - Two polarizers are oriented at 48 to each other...Ch. 35 - Prob. 81GPCh. 35 - The Hubble Space Telescope with an objective...Ch. 35 - The Earth and Moon are separated by about 400 106...Ch. 35 - A slit of width D = 22 m is cut through a thin...
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