Chapter 33: Q. 37 (page 956)
shows the light intensity on a screen behind a double slit. The slit spacing is and the screen is behind the slits. What is the wavelength (in ) of the light?

Short Answer
The light's wavelength is
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Chapter 33: Q. 37 (page 956)
shows the light intensity on a screen behind a double slit. The slit spacing is and the screen is behind the slits. What is the wavelength (in ) of the light?

The light's wavelength is
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A double slit is illuminated simultaneously with orange light of wavelength and light of an unknown wavelength. The bright fringe of the unknown wavelength overlaps the bright orange fringe. What is the unknown wavelength
FIGURE shows light of wavelength incident at angle on a reflection grating of spacing . We want to find the angles um at which constructive interference occurs.
a. The figure shows paths and along which two waves travel and interfere. Find an expression for the path-length difference .3
b. Using your result from part a, find an equation (analogous to Equation localid="1650299740348" for the angles localid="1650299747450" at which diffraction occurs when the light is incident at angle localid="1650299754268" . Notice that m can be a negative integer in your expression, indicating that path localid="1650299766020" is shorter than path localid="1650299773517" .
c. Show that the zeroth-order diffraction is simply a 鈥渞eflection.鈥 That is, localid="1650299781268"
d. Light of wavelength 500 nm is incident at localid="1650299787850" on a reflection grating having localid="1650299794954" reflection lines/mm. Find all angles localid="1650299802944" at which light is diffracted. Negative values of localid="1650299812949"
are interpreted as an angle left of the vertical.
e. Draw a picture showing a single localid="1650299823499" light ray incident at localid="1650299833529" and showing all the diffracted waves at the correct angles.

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