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 1008: 92

Answer

$9\mu m$

Work Step by Step

We can find the required diameter as follows: $\theta=3.7^{\circ}(\frac{\pi rad}{180^{\circ}})=3.7\times 0.01745rad=0.06456rad$ We know that $\theta=\frac{1.22\lambda}{Dn}$ This can be rearranged as: $D=\frac{1.22\lambda}{\theta n}$ We plug in the known values to obtain: $D=\frac{(1.22)(630\times 10^{-9}m)}{(1.336)(0.06456rad)}$ $D=9\times 10^{-6}m=9\mu m$
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