A diffraction grating with 600linesmmis illuminated with light of wavelength 510nm. A very wide viewing screen is2.0m behind the grating.
aWhat is the distance between the twom=1 bright fringes?
bHow many bright fringes can be seen on the screen?

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Part a

aThe bright fringe's distance isΔy=1.29m.

Part b

bThe number of bright fringes on screen isn=7.

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Step: 1 Finding the distance: (part a)

To begin, remember that we won't utilise the little angle approximation in optical device issues since the angle in these situations is never small. Now we must determine the gap between the two brilliant fringes, each of which is on the other side of the centre bright fringe. We'll measure the space between the two fringes, and also the spacing between the two fringes are double that measurement "(due to symmetry)". the shape of the standards for colorful fringes is

sinθm=mλd

θ1is what we've been looking for. Thus

θ1=sin1λd

Given that the optical device contains ,the space between any two successive slits is

d=1mm600d=1.66×106m.

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Step: 2 Finding the intense fringe distance: (part a)

We can use the subsequent relationship to compute the space of the primary bright fringe from the centre maximum now that we all know the angle of the primary bright fringe

y1=Ltanθ1y1=(2m)×tan17.9y1=0.645m.

As a result, the gap between the two brilliant fringes with m=1is

Δy=2y1y=1.29m.

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Step: 3 Calculating number of fringes: (part b)

Equation as

sinθm=mλdsinθm1

The maximum no of bright fringes of central increases as

mmax=dλmmax=1.66×106m510×109mmmax=3.25.

So,the number of fringes on screen is

n=(2×3)+1n=7.

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