Physics Technology Update (4th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0-32190-308-0
ISBN 13: 978-0-32190-308-2

Chapter 28 - Physical Optics: Interference and Diffraction - Problems and Conceptual Exercises - Page 1009: 97

Answer

$5.9\mu m$

Work Step by Step

We know that $2y=2Ltan [sin^{-1}(\frac{1.22\lambda_{vacuum}}{nD})]$ We plug in the known values to obtain: $2y=2(25.4\times 10^{-3}m)tan[sin^{-1}(\frac{1.22(550\times 10^{-9}m)}{(1.36)(4.25\times 10^{-3}m)})]$ This simplifies to: $2y=5.9\times 10^{-6}m=5.9\mu m$
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