An air wedge 12.0 cm long is used to measure the thickness of a carbon fiber filament. Using green light of 555 nm you observe 11 dark fringes per cm in the interference pattern. How thick is the carbon filament?

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A: Given data λ1=400 nm Here, lambda represents the wavelength of the violet light. Use direct formula…

Q: 615 nm light is incident on a single slit that is 0.25 mm in width.  The observing screen is 3 m…

A: Wavelength of incidence light = 615 nm = 615 x 10-9 m Slit width, d=0.25 mm = 0.25 x 10-3 m…

Q: Consider a 560 nm light falling on a single slit of width 1.1 μm. λ = 560 nm w = 1.1 μm At what…

A: Wavelength λ=560nm Slit width w=d=1.1μm For first minimum m=1

Q: A laser with a wavelength of 650 nm is shone through a diffraction grating. At an angle of 7.9° the…

A: λ=650 nm=650×10-6θ=7.90d=50 cm=500 mmwe know thatnλ=dsinθ nλ=dsinθn×650×10-6=500×sin7.90n=105726.57

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Q: When monochromatic light is incident on a slit 22.0 mm wide, the first diffraction minimum lies at…

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Q: Suppose light falls on double slits separated by 131 μm. Randomized Variablesd = 131 μm θ = 0.67°…

A: Slit separation, d = 131 μmθ = 0.67°Order, n = 3

Q: In a large vacuum chamber, monochromatic laser light passes through a narrow slit in a thin aluminum…

A: Given: The distance between slit and the screen is d=0.620 m. The initial temperature of the plate…

Q: Consider a 505-nm light falling on a single slit of width 1.1 µm. Hint a. At what angle is the first…

A: Given: Wavelength,λ=505nm=505×10-9mWidth,d=1.1μm=1.1×10-6mFirst minimum,m1=1Second minimum,m2=2 The…

Q: A double-slit arrangement produces interference fringes that have an angular separation of 3.15 x…

A: Given that,  Angular separation,θ1 = 3.15 x 10^(–3) rad Wavelength of light, λ1 = 620 nm=620×10^(–9)…

Q: Light with a wavelength of 600 nm falls on a thin soap film. The angle of incidence is 30°. In the…

A: Given:  The wavelength of light is 600 nm The incidence angle is 300 The adjacent band distance is 4…

Q: Structures on a bird feather act like a diffraction grating having 9000 lines per centimeter. What…

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Q: You illuminate a slit with a width of 74.9 µm with a light of wavelength 737 nm and observe the…

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Q: Two narrow slits 53 μm apart are illuminated with light of wavelength 509 nm . What is the angle of…

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Q: If light of wavelength 600 nm falls on a rectangular slit 0.0400 mm wide, what is the angular…

A: Given data: wavelength of light used, λ = 600 nm = 600 × 10-9 m width of the slit, d = 0.04 mm =…

Q: A double slit experiment produces 13 bright fringes while being illuminated by light with a…

A: GivenTotal number of bright fringes (N) = 13Wavelength of light (λ) =531 nm =531 × 10-9 m

Q: A double slit is illuminated simultaneously with light of wavelength 640 nmnm and light of an…

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Q: The two most prominent wavelengths in the light emitted by a hydrogen discharge lamp are 656 nm(red)…

A: Given thatRed wavelength =656 nmBlue wavelength =486 nmLight is observed from distance L…

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A: Wavelength=683nmd=1.01mmyn=8.25cmn = 14

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A: Given:refractive index of air, na = 1.00refractive index of ARC, nARC = 1.77thickness of ARC, t =…

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Q: The intensity of the single-slit diffraction pattern at any angle 0 is given by 1 (0) = 1, (sic)². .…

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Q: Using the result of the problem above, calculate thedistance between fringes for 633-nm light…

A: The distance between the fringes is given by the equation

Q: The two most prominent wavelengths in the light emitted by a hydrogen discharge lamp are 656 nm…

A: Red wavelength, λr = 656×10-9 mBlue wavelength, λb = 486×10-9 mLine per mm, N = 550 lines/mmScreen…

Q: What is the intensity fraction of a 500nm light that is incident on a double slit? Given that the…

A: The given values are, λ=500 nm=500×10-9 mD=3 μm=3×10-6 md=5 μm=5×10-6 mθ=20°

Q: Consider Aluminum Oxide (Al2O3) is to be deposited as an antireflection coating (ARC) on a-Si solar…

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Q: A diffraction grating has 2500 lines/cm. What is the angle between the first-order maximum for red…

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