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    The document summarizes the results of a lab experiment using a diffraction grating. It addresses 5 questions: 1) The central maximum is white because no diffraction occurs there. 2) Violet deviated least due to its shorter wavelength. 3) Only two orders (violet and red) were visible with no overlap. 4) About 2.6 complete orders could be seen given the maximum angle and wavelength. 5) The second order yellow doublet was more separated than the first order, making it less intense. Calculations of wavelength and percent error are also shown.

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    The document summarizes the results of a lab experiment using a diffraction grating. It addresses 5 questions: 1) The central maximum is white because no diffraction occurs there. 2) Violet deviated least due to its shorter wavelength. 3) Only two orders (violet and red) were visible with no overlap. 4) About 2.6 complete orders could be seen given the maximum angle and wavelength. 5) The second order yellow doublet was more separated than the first order, making it less intense. Calculations of wavelength and percent error are also shown.

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    The document summarizes the results of a lab experiment using a diffraction grating. It addresses 5 questions: 1) The central maximum is white because no diffraction occurs there. 2) Violet deviated least due to its shorter wavelength. 3) Only two orders (violet and red) were visible with no overlap. 4) About 2.6 complete orders could be seen given the maximum angle and wavelength. 5) The second order yellow doublet was more separated than the first order, making it less intense. Calculations of wavelength and percent error are also shown.

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    Diffraction Grating

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    The document summarizes the results of a lab experiment using a diffraction grating. It addresses 5 questions: 1) The central maximum is white because no diffraction occurs there. 2) Violet deviated least due to its shorter wavelength. 3) Only two orders (violet and red) were visible with no overlap. 4) About 2.6 complete orders could be seen given the maximum angle and wavelength. 5) The second order yellow doublet was more separated than the first order, making it less intense. Calculations of wavelength and percent error are also shown.

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    The passage discusses the results of an optics lab experiment using a diffraction grating to diffract different wavelengths of light. Key findings include that the central maximum is white due to all wavelengths constructing, shorter wavelengths deviate least, and only two orders were visible with no overlapping.

    The central zero order maximum appears white because when m=0, the light goes straight through without diffraction and combines all wavelengths of the visible spectrum.

    The color that deviated the least in each order was violet, agreeing with the theory that shorter wavelengths lie at smaller angles than longer wavelengths such as red.

    Tanya Hanson (1213424)

    203-NYC-005 Waves Optics and Modern Physics Andrew Stewart

    Lab #3: Diffraction Grating

    Dawson College

    Questions For Lab #3 1. The color of the central zero order maximum is white because when m=0 when one tries to calculate the angle at which this color occur d sin = 0 since at the central order maximum the light goes straight through and is not bent at a certain angle ie no diffraction occurs at this area thus producing no wavelength since all the colors in the spectrum are expressed at once. 2. The color that deviated the least in each order was the violet line. This agrees with the theory such that for any given value of m shorter wavelengths ie violet lines lie at smaller angles (deviate less from the central zero order maxima) than do colors with longer wavelengths such as those in the red family, which produce larger angles that deviate more from the central order maxima. 3. From the lab data there was no overlapping of orders since only 2 orders of the spectrum were visible. Third order violet line

    m=3, = 404.7;
    second order red line:

    = 46.78

    m=2, = 623.4;

    = 48.45

    Thus showing that as the orders of the lines increase their prospective angles also increase which in turn causes a greater deviation from the central zero order maxima. 4. Only 2 complete orders of the spectrum could be seen. In order to calculate the theoretical number of complete orders the maximum values of theta (90) and lambda (623.4nm) are needed for the calculation.

    = 2.6 complete orders


    5. Angular separation for first order yellow doublets (m=1) : Angular separation= Angular separation = Angular separation for second order yellow doublets (m=2): Angular separation= Angular separation = According to the calculations yes the second order yellow doublet is more separated than the first order because the angular measurements of the second order are much larger than that of the first order. Thus the intensity of the second order doublet is less intense than that of the first order yellow doublet because in a diffraction grating with multiple slits as the order of the color increases their angular separation becomes larger and thus deviates further away from the central zero order maxima, which is the brightest spot in the diffraction pattern causing the colors to become less intense as their wavelength increases.

    Sample Calculations:

    Diffraction Grating: d= ( ) ( )

    Average Angle (violet line): | Where: | | |

    Computed Wavelength (Blue line) = 408.2nm Where:

    Percent Error for Blue Green line


    | | | |

    *100

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