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A double-slit system with individual slit widths of 0.030鈥尘尘and a slit separation of localid="1663157041233" 0.18鈥尘尘 is illuminated with localid="1664276472239" 500鈥塶尘light directed perpendicular to the plane of the slits. What is the total number of complete bright fringes appearing between the two first-order minima of the diffraction pattern? (Do not count the fringes that coincide with the minima of the diffraction pattern.)

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Eleven bright fringes are observed which are enveloped between the two first order minima.

Step by step solution

01

Given data:

The wavelength of light, =500鈥塶尘

The slit width, a=0.030鈥尘尘

The slit separation,d=0.18鈥尘尘

02

A concept:

In a single-slit diffraction pattern, the central maximum is larger than the maxima on either side and that the intensity decreases rapidly on either side. In contrast, light passing through the double slit produces evenly spaced lines that slowly darken on either side of the center.

03

Diffraction in a single slit experiment:

Upon passing waves through a long narrow slit of width a, diffraction patterns are produced on a viewing screen containing a central maximum and another maximum separated by minima lying at angles to the central axis.

asin=nfor n=1,2,3,...(minima)

Where, ais the slit width and is the wavelength of the light.

The schematic of diffraction pattern produced by a single slit is shown below.

From this you can understand that the central peak lies between two minima that is 1<max<+1.

Where, maxis angle of central maxima (which is not zero degrees as shown in the graph above. It is just schematic diagram.). And 1is the angle of first order minima.

04

Diffraction in a double slit experiment:

In double slit experiment, each slit produces a diffraction pattern like the above pattern but the pattern seen on the screen is the interference of two diffraction pattern of the slits. The angle at which bright fringes are observed can be expressed as,

dsinmax=m

The interference of two diffraction patterns produces number of bright and dark fringes. In this problem you are asked to determine the number of bright fringes which are enveloped in the central maxima. As we know from the above step, the central set of bright fringes span between 1鈥夆赌<max<鈥夆赌+1.

The angle of central maxima can be written as,

max=sin1md

The first minima (m=1)is observed at an angle,

1=sin1a

Therefore,

sin1a<sin1md<+sin1a-a<md<+a-1a<md<+1a-da<m<+da

Inserting the values of and in above expression, you get,

-0.18mm0.030mm<m<+0.18鈥尘尘0.030鈥尘尘6<鈥夆赌m鈥夆赌<+6

As mis an integer, all the possible values of mthat satisfy above relation is,

m=0,1,2,3,4,5

Therefore, in total, 11values of mis obtained. Hence, eleven bright fringes are observed which are enveloped between two first order minima.

A generic pattern of double slit pattern is shown below

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