You have been asked to measure the width of a slit in a piece of paper. You mount the paper 80.0 centimeters from a screen and illuminate it from behind with laser light of wavelength 633 nanometers (in air). You mark two of the intensity minima as shown in the figure, and measure the distance between them to be 17.9 millimeters. (Figure 1) What is the width a of the slit? Express your answer in micrometers, to three significant figures. • View Available Hint(s) ? a =

You have been asked to measure the width of a slit in a piece of paper. You mount the paper 80.0 centimeters from a screen and illuminate it from behind with laser light of wavelength 633 nanometers (in air). You mark two of the intensity minima as shown in the figure, and measure the distance between them to be 17.9 millimeters. (Figure 1) What is the width a of the slit? Express your answer in micrometers, to three significant figures. • View Available Hint(s) ? a =

University Physics Volume 3

17th Edition

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Chapter4: Diffraction

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Problem 57P: (a) What is the minimum angular spread of a 633-nm wavelength He-Ne laser beam that is originally...

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