Problem 1 This problem is composed of two independent parts. For each part of the below question, fill in the empty boxes with your answer (YOUR ANSWER MUST BE ONLY A NUMBER; DO NOT WRITE UNITS; DO NOT WRITE LETTERS). Part 1 3 Young's experiment is performed with light from excited helium atoms λ = 550 nm. Fringes are measured carefully on a screen 1.6 m away from the double slit, and the center of the 15th bright fringe is found to be 8 mm from the center of the central bright fringe and at an angle above the central axis. a): SMALL): b) l 0.008 1.6 0 = 0 is given by (CONSIDER THAT IS d = 1.6 0.008 ;] Calculate , in SI units. c) [t ] Assume 0 = 0.8°. Find the separation distance d between the two slits of the aperture screen, in SI units. Ay = 01.6 x 550 x 10-⁹ d). Assume d = 3 x 10-3 m. What is the distance Ay between the second and third dark lines of interference pattern on the screen, in SI units? ◆

Problem 1 This problem is composed of two independent parts. For each part of the below question, fill in the empty boxes with your answer (YOUR ANSWER MUST BE ONLY A NUMBER; DO NOT WRITE UNITS; DO NOT WRITE LETTERS). Part 1 3 Young's experiment is performed with light from excited helium atoms λ = 550 nm. Fringes are measured carefully on a screen 1.6 m away from the double slit, and the center of the 15th bright fringe is found to be 8 mm from the center of the central bright fringe and at an angle above the central axis. a): SMALL): b) l 0.008 1.6 0 = 0 is given by (CONSIDER THAT IS d = 1.6 0.008 ;] Calculate , in SI units. c) [t ] Assume 0 = 0.8°. Find the separation distance d between the two slits of the aperture screen, in SI units. Ay = 01.6 x 550 x 10-⁹ d). Assume d = 3 x 10-3 m. What is the distance Ay between the second and third dark lines of interference pattern on the screen, in SI units? ◆

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Chapter4: Diffraction

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