Find the half angular width of the central bright maximum in the Fraunhofer diffraction pattern of a slit of width 12×10−3 cm when the slit is illuminated by monochromatic light of wavelength 6000 A0.
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a
450
b
900
c
300
d
1800
answer is C.
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Half angular width of the central maximum (θ), ⇒sinθ= λa Put a=12×10−3cm, λ=6000A0=6×10−5cm ∴sinθ=λa=6×10−512×10−5=12 ⇒θ=300
Find the half angular width of the central bright maximum in the Fraunhofer diffraction pattern of a slit of width 12×10−3 cm when the slit is illuminated by monochromatic light of wavelength 6000 A0.