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The wings of tiger beetles (Fig. 36-41) are coloured by interference due to thin cuticle-like layers. In addition, these layers are arranged in patches that are 60m across and produce different colours. The colour you see is a pointillistic mixture of thin-film interference colours that varies with perspective. Approximately what viewing distance from a wing puts you at the limit of resolving the different coloured patches according to Rayleigh鈥檚 criterion? Use 550nm as the wavelength of light and 3.00nm as the diameter of your pupil.

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The different coloured patches according to Rayleigh鈥檚 criterion is 27cm.

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01

Given data

Diameter of pupil d=3mm

Wave length of light =550nm

02

Definition of Rayleigh criterion

The Rayleigh criteria specify the minimal distance between two light sources that must exist in order to resolve them into separate objects.

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Determine viewing distance from a wing puts you at the limit of resolving the different coloured patches according to Rayleigh’s criterion

Raleigh criterion for resolving with angular separation Ris sinR=1.22d

Diameter of pupil d=3mm

d=3mm10-3mmm=310-3m

Wave length of light =550nm

d=550nm10-9m1m=55010-9m

Also if D is a size of the object that eye resolve and L is distance between eye and object

Then we have the condition tanR=DL

Here size of the object that eye resolved

D=60m=6010-6m

As iRs small tanRsinRR

Therefore from above equations

DL=1.22dL=Dd1.22

Substitute given values

L=6010-6m310-3m1.2255010-9m=0.27m\hfill= 0.27m100cmm=27cm

Hence, the value is 27cm.

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