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 1006: 44

Answer

$1.7\mu m$

Work Step by Step

We can find the required width of the slit as follows: $W=\frac{\lambda}{sin\theta}$ We plug in the known values to obtain: $W=\frac{690\times 10^{-9}}{sin(23^{\circ})}$ $W=\frac{690\times 10^{-9}}{0.39073}$ $W=1.7\times 10^{-6}m$ $W=1.7\mu m$
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