Physics for Scientists and Engineers: A Strategic Approach with Modern Physics (3rd Edition)

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Chapter 22 - Wave Optics - Exercises and Problems - Page 651: 48

Answer

$0.12\;\rm mm$

Work Step by Step

We have here a single-slit board that we need to find its width. We knowو in the single slit experiment, that the position of the dark fringe is given by $$y_p=\dfrac{p\lambda L}{a}$$ So the distance between the first and the third dark fringe is given by $$\Delta y=y_3-y_1=\dfrac{3\lambda L}{a}-\dfrac{ \lambda L}{a}$$ $$\Delta y =\dfrac{2\lambda L}{a} $$ Solving for $a$; $$a =\dfrac{2\lambda L}{\Delta y} $$ Plugging the known; $$a =\dfrac{2(589\times 10^{-9})(0.75)}{(7.5\times 10^{-3})}=\bf 1.178\times 10^{-4}\;\rm m $$ $$a\approx\color{red}{\bf 0.12}\;\rm mm$$
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