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Diffraction of light-Wave Optics

Question

Light of wavelength $λ$ = 5000 Å falls normally on a narrow slit. A screen placed at a distance of 1 m from the slit and perpendicular to the direction of light. The first minima of the diffraction pattern is situated at 5 mm from the centre of central maximum. The width of the slit is

Moderate

A

0.1 mm
B

1.0 mm
C

0.5 mm
D

0.2 mm

Solution

$Position of n^{th} minima x_{n} = \frac{nλD}{d}$
$\Rightarrow 5 \times 10^{- 3} = \frac{1 \times 5000 \times 10^{- 10} \times 1}{d}$
$\Rightarrow d = 10^{- 4} m = 0 .1 mm$

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