For what slit-width-to-wavelength ratio does the first minimum of a single-slit diffraction pattern appear at (a) 30 degrees (b) 60 degrees, and (c) 90 degrees? Hint: The small-angle approximation is not valid.

Respuesta :

The slit-width-to-wavelength ratio for 30 degrees will be 2; for 60 degrees will be 0.87, and lastly, for 90 degrees angles will be 1.

The computation of slit-width-to-wavelength ratio for each of the angles after assuming that the small-angle approximation as invalid, has been given, as below,

sin θ = λ / a

sin30∘ = λ / a

0.5 = λ / a

a / λ = 2

Similarly,

sin θ = λ / a

sin60∘ = λ / a

0.87 = λ / a

a / λ = 0.87

And lastly, for 90 degrees

sin θ = λ / a

sin90∘ = λ / a

1 = λ / a

a / λ = 1

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