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Diffraction

The document contains various physics problems related to diffraction and interference of light, including calculations for slit width, angular separation, and distances on screens. It involves different wavelengths of light and configurations of slits, with specific examples and scenarios provided. The problems are aimed at understanding the principles of wave optics and their applications in experiments.

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Diffraction

The document contains various physics problems related to diffraction and interference of light, including calculations for slit width, angular separation, and distances on screens. It involves different wavelengths of light and configurations of slits, with specific examples and scenarios provided. The problems are aimed at understanding the principles of wave optics and their applications in experiments.

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,Exa"!

e ~~ ffi A slit of width 'd' is illumi-


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nated by light of wavelength 5000 A. For what
value of 'd' will the first maximum fall at an angle
of diffraction of 30°. (C S . _
Exa ~J? ~e II) A para llel beam of light of
600 nm falls on a narr ow slit and the resulting
diff ract ion patt ern is obse rved on a screen 1·2 m
away. It is obse rved that the first min imu m is at a
dist ance of 3 mm from the cent re of the screen.
Calc ulat e the wid th of the slit. (CESE 2013'
'E~~nif!1!3 '[I] Det erm ine the ang ular
sepa rati on betw een cent ral max imu m and first
ord er seco nda ry max imu m of the diff ract ion
patt ern due to a single slit of wid th 0·25 mm when
0
ligh t of wav elen gth 5890 A falls on it normally.
E~a,m ple m A laser b eam h as a
wavelength of 7 x 10-7 m and apert ure 10-2 m.
The beam is sent to moon at a dista nce of 4 x 105
km from earth . Find the angu lar sprea d and areal
sprea d of the beam on reach ing the moon .
tE:.,c~~l?•E! ffl Two spe ctra l lines of sod ium
D 1 and D 2 hav e wa vel eng ths of app rox ima tely
0 0

5890 A and 5896 A. A sod ium lam p sen ds inc ide nt


pla ne wave on to a slit of wid th 2 mic rom etre . A
scr een is loc ate d 2 m fro m the slit. Fin d the spa cin g
bet we en the firs t ma xim a of two sod ium line s as
me asu red on the scr een . [CB SE 2013_ 2006 ( C)]
(~}ca,"!~~~:ffi In a single slit dif fra ctio n
exp erim ent, firs t min imu m for red light (660 nm)
coi nci des wit h firs t ma xim um of som e oth er
wa vel eng th 'A,'. Cal cul ate 'A,'.
~~~~~ITT.e~:~_,.[13 Wha t should be the wid th of
each slit to obtain 10 maxima of the dou ble slit
inte rfer ence patt ern within the cent ral max imu m
of single slit diffr acti on patt ern ?
(NCERT Solv ed Exam ple)
E~amp.le cm In the diffracti on due to a
single slit experim ent, the aperture of the slit is
3 mm. If monoch romatic light of wavelen gth
620 nm is incident normall y on the slit, calculat e
the separati on between the first order minima and
3rd order maxima on one side of the screen. The
distance between the slit and screen is 1·5 m.
lCBSE 2019)
by white light. For what value of d is the first
minimum, for red light of A = 650 nm, locat ed at
point Pat 30°. For what value of the wavelength
of light will the first diffraction maxi ma also fall
atP? (CBSE Samp le Paper 2011)
k~¥~'ne'Iiffl A mono chro mati c light of
wavelength 500 nm is incid ent nor111ally on a single
slit of widt h 0·2 mm to prod uce a diffr actio n
patte rn. Find the angu lar widt h of cent ral
maxi mum obtai ned on the scree n, 1 m away.
Estim ate the num ber of fring es obtai ned in
YDS E with fring e widt h 0·5 mm, whic h can be
acco ntmo dated with in the regio n of total angu lar
spre ad of the centr al D1axiIDum due to a single slit.
(CBSE 2017)
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Two wavel enths of sodium
~~;.,-;,- -,,~ -! !.,! !!,B..,.-.,~iw
light 590 nm and 596 nm are used in turn to study
the diffra ction at a single slit of size 4 mm. The
distan ce betwe en the slit and scree n is 2 m.
Calculate the separation between the positions of
first maxim um of the diffra~tion patter n obtained
in the two cases. [CBSE 2017 (C)]
n
1 · Assertion (A) In interference and diffraction of light,
light energy reduces in one region producing a dark
fringe. It increases in another region and produces a
bright fringe.
Reason (R) This happ.ens because energy is not
conserve d in the phenome na of interference and
diffractio n. CBSE 2024

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