Multiple ChoiceLight from a 600 nm laser is shown through a single slit of unknown width. If a screen is placed 4.5 m behind the slit captures a diffraction patter with a central bright fringe of width 20 mm, what is the width of the single slit?462views9rank1comments
Multiple ChoiceA single slit is illuminated by coherent monochromatic light at 680nm. On a screen 2.9m behind the slit, a central bright spot is observed to have a width of 39mm. What is the width of the single slit?412views
Multiple ChoiceA carbon dioxide laser produces 10.6 μm electromagnetic waves, which pass through a circular aperture with diameter 1.0 mm. What is the approximate width of the laser beam when it strikes a target 3.0 m away?259views
Multiple ChoiceA single slit is illuminated by coherent monochromatic light at 680nm. On a screen 2..9m behind the slit, a central bright spot is observed to have a width of 39mm. What is the width of the single slit?313views
Multiple ChoiceA single slit experiment is conducted in air using a laser at 532nm and a slit width of 20μm. What happens to the fringe spacing if the entire experiment is conducted in water?267views
Multiple ChoiceA single slit experiment is conducted in air using a laser at 532nm and a slit width of 20μm. What happens to the fringe spacing if the slit width is decreased while the distance to the screen and wavelength remain constant?301views
Textbook QuestionParallel rays of green mercury light with a wavelength of 546 nm pass through a slit covering a lens with a focal length of 60.0 cm. In the focal plane of the lens, the distance from the central maximum to the first minimum is 8.65 mm. What is the width of the slit?231views
Textbook QuestionLight of wavelength 585 nm falls on a slit 0.0666 mm wide. (a) On a very large and distant screen, how many totally dark fringes (indicating complete cancellation) will there be, including both sides of the central bright spot? Solve this problem without calculating all the angles! (Hint: What is the largest that sin u can be? What does this tell you is the largest that m can be?) (b) At what angle will the dark fringe that is most distant from the central bright fringe occur?297views
Textbook QuestionDiffraction occurs for all types of waves, including sound waves. High-frequency sound from a distant source with wavelength 9.00 cm passes through a slit 12.0 cm wide. A microphone is placed 8.00 m directly in front of the center of the slit, corresponding to point O in Fig. 36.5a . The microphone is then moved in a direction perpendicular to the line from the center of the slit to point O. At what distances from O will the intensity detected by the microphone be zero?322views
Textbook QuestionA series of parallel linear water wave fronts are traveling directly toward the shore at 15.0 cm/s on an otherwise placid lake. A long concrete barrier that runs parallel to the shore at a distance of 3.20 m away has a hole in it. You count the wave crests and observe that 75.0 of them pass by each minute, and you also observe that no waves reach the shore at +-61.3 cm from the point directly opposite the hole, but waves do reach the shore everywhere within this distance. (a) How wide is the hole in the barrier?223views
Textbook QuestionA series of parallel linear water wave fronts are traveling directly toward the shore at 15.0 cm/s on an otherwise placid lake. A long concrete barrier that runs parallel to the shore at a distance of 3.20 m away has a hole in it. You count the wave crests and observe that 75.0 of them pass by each minute, and you also observe that no waves reach the shore at +-61.3 cm from the point directly opposite the hole, but waves do reach the shore everywhere within this distance. (b) At what other angles do you find no waves hitting the shore?226views
Textbook QuestionMonochromatic light of wavelength 580 nm passes through a single slit and the diffraction pattern is observed on a screen. Both the source and screen are far enough from the slit for Fraunhofer diffraction to apply. (a) If the first diffraction minima are at +-90.0°, so the central maximum completely fills the screen, what is the width of the slit? (b) For the width of the slit as calculated in part (a), what is the ratio of the intensity at u = 45.0° to the intensity at u = 0?313views
Textbook QuestionA slit 0.240 mm wide is illuminated by parallel light rays of wavelength 540 nm. The diffraction pattern is observed on a screen that is 3.00 m from the slit. The intensity at the center of the central maximum (u = 0°) is 6.00 x 10^-6 W/m2. (a) What is the distance on the screen from the center of the central maximum to the first minimum?242views
Textbook QuestionA slit 0.240 mm wide is illuminated by parallel light rays of wavelength 540 nm. The diffraction pattern is observed on a screen that is 3.00 m from the slit. The intensity at the center of the central maximum (u = 0°) is 6.00 x 10^-6 W/m2. (b) What is the intensity at a point on the screen midway between the center of the central maximum and the first minimum?196views
Textbook QuestionMonochromatic light of wavelength 592 nm from a distant source passes through a slit that is 0.0290 mm wide. In the resulting diffraction pattern, the intensity at the center of the central maximum (u = 0°) is 4.00x10-5 W/m2. What is the intensity at a point on the screen that corresponds to u = 1.20°?434views
Textbook QuestionA single-slit diffraction pattern is formed by monochromatic electromagnetic radiation from a distant source passing through a slit 0.105 mm wide. At the point in the pattern 3.25° from the center of the central maximum, the total phase difference between wavelets from the top and bottom of the slit is 56.0 rad. (a) What is the wavelength of the radiation?236views
Textbook QuestionA single-slit diffraction pattern is formed by monochromatic electromagnetic radiation from a distant source passing through a slit 0.105 mm wide. At the point in the pattern 3.25° from the center of the central maximum, the total phase difference between wavelets from the top and bottom of the slit is 56.0 rad. (b) What is the intensity at this point, if the intensity at the center of the central maximum is I0?288views
Textbook Question(I) Monochromatic light falls on a slit that is 2.60 x 10⁻³ mm wide. If the angle between the first dark fringes on either side of the central maximum is 29.0° (dark fringe to dark fringe), what is the wavelength of the light used?12views
Textbook Question(II) Monochromatic light of wavelength 633 nm falls on a slit. If the angle between the first bright fringes on either side of the central maximum is 32°, estimate the slit width.19views
Textbook Question(II) (a) For a given wavelength λ, what is the minimum slit width for which there will be no diffraction minimum? (b) What is the minimum slit width so that no visible light exhibits a diffraction minimum?11views
Textbook Question(II) A single slit 0.10 mm wide is illuminated by 450-nm light. What is the width of the central maximum in the diffraction pattern on a screen 5.0 m away?8views
Textbook Question(II) If you double the width of a single slit, the intensity of the light passing through the slit is doubled. (a) Show, however, that the intensity at the center of the screen increases by a factor of 4. (b) Explain why this does not violate conservation of energy.12views