Chapter 33: Q. 10 (page 955)
Light of wavelengthilluminates a diffraction grating. The second-order maximum is at angle . How many lines per millimeter does this grating have?
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There arelines per millimeter does this grating have
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Chapter 33: Q. 10 (page 955)
Light of wavelengthilluminates a diffraction grating. The second-order maximum is at angle . How many lines per millimeter does this grating have?
There arelines per millimeter does this grating have
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Optical computers require microscopic optical switches to turn signals on and off. One device for doing so, which can be implemented in an integrated circuit, is the Mach-Zender interferometer seen in FIGURE. Light from an on-chip infrared laser is split into two waves that travel equal distances around the arms of the interferometer. One arm passes through an electro-optic crystal, a transparent material that can change its index of refraction in response to an applied voltage. Suppose both arms are exactly the same length and the crystal鈥檚 index of refraction with no applied voltage is.
a. With no voltage applied, is the output bright (switch closed, optical signal passing through) or dark (switch open, no signal)? Explain.
b. What is the first index of refraction of the electro-optic crystal larger than that changes the optical switch to the state opposite the state you found in part a?

The intensity at the central maximum of a double-slit interference pattern is . The intensity at the first minimum is zero. At what fraction of the distance from the central maximum to the first minimum is the intensity ? Assume an ideal double slit.
Light of wavelength illuminates a double slit, and the interference pattern is observed on a screen. At the position of the bright fringe, how much farther is it to the more distant slit than to the nearer slit
It shows the light intensity on a viewing screen behind a circular aperture. What happens to the width of the central maximum if the
a. The wavelength of the light is increased.
b. The diameter of the aperture is increased.
c. How will the screen appear if the aperture diameter is less than the light wavelength?
FIGURE P33.56 shows the light intensity on a screen behind a single slit. The wavelength of the light is and the slit width is . What is the distance from the slit to the screen?
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