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 1007: 56

Answer

$2.1m$

Work Step by Step

We can find the required diameter as follows: $D=\frac{1.22\lambda}{tan^{-1}(\frac{y}{L})}$ We plug in the known values to obtain: $D=\frac{1.22(550\times 10^{-9}m)}{tan^{-1}(\frac{0.05m}{160\times 10^3m})}$ $D=214\times 10^{-3}m$ $D=2.1m$
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