Resolving Power and Resolving Limit

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Resolving Power and Resolving Limit: Overview

This topic covers concepts such as Resolving Power of Optical Instruments, Types of Resolution, Linear Resolving Power, Angular Resolving Power, Resolving Limit of Optical Instruments, Resolving Limit of Microscope, and Resolving Power of Microscope.

Important Questions on Resolving Power and Resolving Limit

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The resolving power of an electron microscope is higher than that of an optical microscope because the wavelength of electron is _____________ as/than the wavelength of visible light.

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A square object of size 1 cm×1 cm consists of two dark spots which are 4μm apart. The object is viewed using a compound microscope of numerical aperture 0.25 with light of wavelength 500 nm. The objective lens has a focal length of 1.8 cm and the eyepiece lens has a focal length of 6 cm. The distance between the objective and eyepiece lens is 24 cm. Then,

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How does the resolving power of a microscope depend on?

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How does the resolving power of a microscope depend on?

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The ratio of resolving powers of an optical microscope for two wavelengths λ1=4000  and λ2=600  is

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What is the resolving power in optics

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Define Resolving Power of Optical Instruments

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What is the unit of resolving power?

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. A grating has 16000 per inch over a length of 5 inches. What will be the smallest wavelength difference for a light of wavelength 6000 .

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An LED display consists of 100 pixels per cm2. Consider that the diameter of the pupil of the eye is 5 mm and the average wavelength of the display is 575 nm. What is the nearest distance from the display one can be at, such that the display does not appear pixelated?

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Resolving power of a microscope depends upon

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Assume that the light of wavelength is 6000 A coming from a star. What is the resolution limit of a telescope whose objective has a diameter of 100 inch?

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The human eye has an approximate angular resolution of, ϕ=5.8×10-4 rad and a typical photo printer prints a minimum of 300 dpi (dots per inch, 1 inch=2.54 cm). At what minimum distance z should a printed page be held so that one does not see the individual dots?

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Two point white dots are 1 mm apart on a black paper. They are viewed by eye of pupil diameter 3 mm approximately. The maximum distance at which these dots can be resolved by the eye is (take wavelength of the light  =500 nm):

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Resolving power of a microscope depends upon

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Resolving power of a lens is the consequence of

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The resolving power of the human eye is aprroximately-

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An astronomical telescope is able to resolve two stars at an angular separation of 103 degree . If wavelength of light used is 500nm,then the diameter of the objective of the telescope is

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If the red light is replaced by blue light illuminating the object in a microscope, the resolving power of the microscope

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An astronaut is looking down on earth's surface from a space shuttle at an altitude of 400 km. Assuming that the astronaut's pupil diameter is 5 mm and the wavelength of visible light is 500 nm, the astronaut will be able to resolve linear objects of the size of about