Monochromatic light is incident on a grating that is 75 mmwide
and ruled with 50,000 lines. The second-order maximum isseen at
32.5 (degrees). What is the wavelength of theincident light?

Respuesta :

Answer:

Explanation:

Given

Grating Width [tex]w=75 mm[/tex]

no of lines [tex]N=50,000 lines[/tex]

inclination of second order maxima [tex]\theta =32.5^{\circ}[/tex]

Condition of maxima For Diffraction grating

[tex]d\sin \theta =m\lambda [/tex]

where [tex]d=Grating\ constant[/tex]

[tex]\lambda =wavelength[/tex]

[tex]m=order\ of\ maxima[/tex]

[tex]d=\frac{width}{N}[/tex]

[tex]d=\frac{75}{50,000}[/tex]

[tex]d=0.0015\ mm[/tex]

therefore for second order maxima wavelength of light is given by

[tex]\lambda =\frac{d\sin \theta }{m}[/tex]

[tex]\lambda =\frac{0.0015\times \sin (32.5)}{2}[/tex]

[tex]\lambda =403\times 10^{-6}\ m[/tex]

[tex]\lambda =403\ nm[/tex]