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A diffraction grating has 200 rulings/mm, and it produces an intensity maximum at θ=30°.

(a) What are the possible wavelengths of the incident visible light?

(b) To what colors do they correspond?

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(a) The possible wavelengths of the incident visible light are 416.67 , 500 nm and 625 nm.

(b) These wavelengths correspond to violet, cyan, and orange.

Step by step solution

01

Given data

Number of lines per mm of the grating = 200

The angle between maximum intensity point and central axis = 30°

02

Diffraction from a grating

The angular distance θ of the mth order diffraction pattern produced from a grating having line separation d is

dsinθ=mλ.....(1)

Here, λ is the wavelength of the incident light.

03

Determining the possible wavelengths corresponding to given maxima

The line separation of the grating is

d=1200mm=0.005mm1nm10-7mm=5000nm

From equation (1),

λ=5000nm×sin30°m=5000nm×12m=2500nmm

The wavelength of visible light ranges from 400 nm to 800 nm. The wavelength corresponding to the first few values of m are

λ1=2500nm1=2500nm

λ2=2500nm2=1250nm

λ3=2500nm3=833.33nm

λ4=2500nm4=625nm

λ5=2500nm5=500nm

λ6=2500nm6=416.67nm

λ7=2500nm7=357.14nm

Thus the wavelengths in the visible spectrum are 416.67 nm, 500 nm and 625 nm.

416.67 nm corresponds to violet light, 500 nm corresponds to cyan, and 625 nm corresponds to orange light.

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