4) Find the minimum angular separation resolvable with 633-nm laser light passing through a circular aperture of diameter 2.1 cm.

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4) Find the minimum angular separation resolvable with 633-nm laser light passing through a circular aperture of diameter
2.1 cm.
Transcribed Image Text:4) Find the minimum angular separation resolvable with 633-nm laser light passing through a circular aperture of diameter 2.1 cm.
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Concept and Principle:
  • There is a fundamental restriction on imaging distant or small objects. This is known as the diffraction limit.

 

  • When we have a circular aperture the minimum angular separation that can be resolved is given by,

θmin=1.22λD

Here θmin is the minimum angular separation, λ is the wavelength, and D is the aperture. This condition is known as the Rayleigh criterion.

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