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: 60

Answer

(a) $1.1\times 10^{-5}rad$ (b) $7.04\times 10^{-6}m$

Work Step by Step

(a) We know that $2\theta=2(1.22)\frac{\lambda}{D}$ We plug in the known values to obtain: $2\theta=2(1.22)(\frac{540\times 10^{-9}m}{0.12m})$ $\implies 2\theta=1.1\times 10^{-5}rad$ (b) We know that $2y=2Ltan\theta$ We plug in the known values to obtain: $2y=2(0.64m)tan(\frac{1.1\times 10^{-5}rad}{2})$ $2y=7.04\times 10^{-6}m$
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