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What is the position of secondary maxima and minima?

Important Questions on Wave Optics

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In the diffraction due to a single slit experiment, the aperture of the slit is 3 mm. If monochromatic light of wavelength 620 nm is incident normally on the slit, calculate the separation between the first order minima and the 3rd order maxima on one side of the screen. The distance between the slit and the screen is 1.5 m.
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When a Compact Disc CD is illuminated by small source of white light coloured bands observed. This due to
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Obtain an expression for width of central maxima by diffraction of light at a single slit.
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In a diffraction pattern due to a single slit of width a the first minimum is observed at an angle 30o when light of wavelength 5000  is incident on the slit. The first secondary maximum is observed at an angle of:
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The box of a pin hole camera, of length L, has a hole of radius a. It is assumed that when the hole is illuminated by a parallel beam of light of wavelength λ the spread of the spot (obtained on the opposite wall of the camera) is the sum of its geometrical spread and the spread due to diffraction. The spot would then have its minimum size (say bmin ) when:
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 In Fraunhofer diffraction, how is the angular width of the central bright fringe affected when slit separation is increased ?
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In case of Fraunhoffer diffraction at a single slit the diffraction pattern on the screen is correct for which of the following statements?
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Draw the curve for intensity distribution in diffraction by single slit.
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Light travels in a straight line because
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A diffraction pattern is obtained by making blue light incident on a narrow slit. If blue light is
replaced by red light, then the diffraction bands _______.
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Draw a labelled graph of the intensity of diffracted light I versus angleθ in the Fraunhofer diffraction experiment for a single-slit diffraction.

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A parallel beam of electrons travelling in x - direction falls on a slit of width d (see figure). If after passing the slit, an electron acquires momentum py in the y - direction then for a majority of electrons passing through the slit (h is Planck's constant):

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Write the two differences between Fresnel and Fraunhofer diffraction. 
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Monochromatic light of wavelength 4300 Å falls on a slit of width ‘a’. For what value of ‘a’ the first maximum falls at 30°?
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Write definitions:

Diffraction of light.

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What is the diffraction of Light? Draw a diagram for a single slit diffraction arrangement.
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Explain diffraction of light due to a single slit and illustrate formation of a pattern of fringes obtained on the screen and plot a graph showing variation of intensity with angle θ in single slit diffraction.
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A diffraction pattern obtained from a double slit illuminated with monochromatic light is shown in the figure. The dotted line in the figure shows the diffraction envelope while the solid lines give the double slit interference fringes. The experimenter has an arrangement to keep the separation between the slits (d) fixed, but varies the width of the slits (a). The intensities of the peaks marked by 1 and 2 are I1 and I2 respectively. If the slits are made narrower while keeping the separation fixed, then the ratio I2 I1

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For a parallel beam of monochromatic light of wavelength λ, diffraction is produced by a single slit whose width a is of the order of the wavelength of the light. If D is the distance of the screen from the slit, the width of the central maxima will be:
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At the first minimum adjacent to the central maximum of a single-slit diffraction pattern, the phase difference between the Huygen's wavelet from the edge of the slit and the wavelet from the midpoint of the slit is: