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You are
To find:
a) What appears on a distant viewing screen at a point at which the top and bottom rays through the slit have a path length difference equal to
b) What appears on a distant viewing screen at a point at which the top and bottom rays through the slit have a path length difference equal to
Answer to Problem 1Q
Solution:
a)
b) Maximum between the
Explanation of Solution
1) Concept:
Usingthe condition for occurrence of minimum in a single slit experiment, we can find what appears on a distant viewing screen at a point at which the top and bottom rays through the slit have a path length difference equal to
2) Formula:
3) Given:
The single slit experiment is conducted with the light of wavelength
4) Calculations:
a) In the single slit experiment, the condition for occurrence of minimum is
From this, we can interpret that at
b)
Conclusion:
We can predict about what appears on screen in a single slit experiment from the condition for minimum.
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