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In a single-slit diffraction pattern, if the light source used is of less wavelength than the previous one, the width of the central fringe would be,

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Important Questions on Wave Optics

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In the laboratory, diffraction of light by a single slit is being observed. If slit is made slightly narrow, then diffraction pattern will,
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In a Fraunhofer's diffraction by a slit, if slit width is a, wavelength λ, the focal length of the lens is f, then linear width of central maxima is
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In a Fraunhofer's diffraction obtained by a single slit aperture, the value of path difference for nth order minima is,
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A light source of 5000 A A wave length produces a single slit diffraction. The first minima in diffraction pattern is seen, at a distance of 5 mm from central maxima. The distance between screen and slit is 2 metre. The width of slit in mm will be :
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A plane wavefront of wavelength 6000 A is incident upon a slit of 0.2 mm width, which enables Fraunhofer's diffraction pattern to be obtained on a screen 2 m away. The width of the central maxima in mm will be,
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Waves of 600 μm wavelength are incident normally on a slit of 1.2 mm width. The value of diffraction angle corresponding to the first minima will be (in radian),
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In Fraunhofer diffraction the centre diffraction image is
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Bending of light waves at the sharp edges of an opaque obstacle is known as