Fundamentals of Physics Extended
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Chapter 36, Problem 40P
GO Figure 36-45 gives the parameter β of Eq. 36-20 versus the sine of the angle θ in a two-slit interference experiment using light of wavelength 435 nm. The vertical axis scale is set by βs = 80.0 rad. What are (a) the slit separation, (b) the total number of interference maxima (count them on both sides of the pattern’s center), (c) the smallest angle for a maxima, and (d) the greatest angle for a minimum? Assume that none of the interference maxima are completely eliminated by a diffraction minimum.
Figure 36-45 Problem 40.
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