Chapter 36: Q110P (page 1115)
Derive Eq. 36-28, the expression for the half-width of the lines in a grating鈥檚 diffraction pattern
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The required equation for the half width of the lines is diffraction grating pattern is .
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Chapter 36: Q110P (page 1115)
Derive Eq. 36-28, the expression for the half-width of the lines in a grating鈥檚 diffraction pattern
The required equation for the half width of the lines is diffraction grating pattern is .
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Derive this expression for the intensity pattern for a three-slit 鈥済rating鈥:, whereand
(a) Figure 36-34a shows the lines produced by diffraction gratingsA and B using light of the same wavelength; the lines are of the same order and appear at the same angles . Which grating has the greater number of rulings? (b) Figure 36-34b shows lines of two orders produced by a single diffraction grating using light of two wavelengths, both in the red region of the spectrum. Which lines, the left pair or right pair, are in order with greater m? Is the center of the diffraction pattern located to the left or to the right in(c) Fig. 36-34a andd) Fig. 36-34b?

At night many people see rings (called entoptic halos) surrounding bright outdoor lamps in otherwise dark surroundings. The rings are the first of the side maxima in diffraction patterns produced by structures that are thought to be within the cornea (or possible the lens) of the observer鈥檚 eye. (The central maxima of such patterns overlap the lamp.) (a) Would a particular ring become smaller or larger if the lamp were switched from blue to red light? (b) If a lamp emits white light, is blue or red on the outside edge of the ring?
(a) Show that the values of a at which intensity maxima for single-slit diffraction occur can be found exactly by differentiating Eq. 36-5 with respect to a and equating the result to zero, obtaining the condition . To find values of a satisfying this relation, plot the curve and the straight line and then find their intersections, or use calculator to find an appropriate value of a by trial and error. Next, from , determine the values of associated with the maxima in the singleslit pattern. (These m values are not integers because secondary maxima do not lie exactly halfway between minima.) What are the (b) smallest and (c) associated , (d) the second smallest (e) and associated , (f) and the third smallest (g) and associated ?
In two-slit interference, if the slit separation isand the slit widths are each 2.0m, (a) how many two-slit maxima are in the central peak of the diffraction envelope and (b) how many are in either of the first side peak of the diffraction envelope?
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