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 1005: 22

Answer

$89.1\mu m$

Work Step by Step

We can find the required separation as follows: $tan\theta=\frac{y}{L}$ $\theta=tan^{-1}(\frac{y}{L})$ $\implies \theta=tan^{-1}(\frac{5.36\times 10^{-2}}{8.75})=0.351$ Now $d=\frac{n\lambda}{sin\theta}$ We plug in the known values to obtain: $d=\frac{(1)(5.46\times 10^{-7}m)}{sin(0.351)}$ $d=8.91\times 10^{-5}m$ $d=89.1\mu m$
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