The wings of some beetles have closely spaced parallel lines of melanin, causing the wing to act as a reflection grating. Suppose sunlight shines straight onto a beetle wing.
If the melanin lines on the wing are spaced 2.0 apart, what is the first-order diffraction angle for green light (lamda=550 nm)?

Respuesta :

Answer:

15.96°

Explanation:

n = Diffraction order = 1

[tex]\lambda[/tex] = Wavelength = 550 nm

d = Grating space = [tex]2\mu m[/tex] (generally given in [tex]\mu m[/tex])

[tex]\theta[/tex] = Diffraction angle

From diffraction theory we have the relation

[tex]n\lambda=dsin\theta[/tex]

[tex]\theta=sin^{-1}\frac{n\lambda}{d}\\\Rightarrow \theta=sin^{-1}\frac{1\times 550\times 10^{-9}}{2\times 10^{-6}}\\\Rightarrow \theta=15.96^{\circ}[/tex]

The first-order diffraction angle for green light is 15.96°