Physics Technology Update (4th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0-32190-308-0
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Chapter 28 - Physical Optics: Interference and Diffraction - Problems and Conceptual Exercises - Page 1004: 21

Answer

$154\mu m$

Work Step by Step

We can find the required slit separation as follows: $y=Ltan\theta$ $\implies \theta=tan^{-1}(\frac{y}{L})$ We plug in the known values to obtain: $\theta=tan^{-1}(\frac{11.5\times 10^{-3}}{1.40})$ $\theta=tan^{-1}(0.00821)=0.4706$ Now $d=\frac{m\lambda}{sin\theta}$ We plug in the known values to obtain: $d=\frac{2(632.8\times 10^{-9})}{sin(0.4706)}$ $d=154153.47\times 10^{-9}m$ $d=154\times 10^{-6}m=154\mu m$
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