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E405
E405
The Experiment 405 is all about diffraction which is the slight bending of light as it
passes around the edge of an object. By using Snells Law formula, the group was able to get
the angle of refraction. Based on the results obtained by the group, the light waves reaching a
given point on the screen each arrive from a different part of the slit, so their amplitudes must
be added, and a pattern results. The pattern formed by the interference and diffraction of
coherent light is distinctly different for a single and double slit. The single slit intensity
envelope is shown by the dashed line and that of the double slit for a particular wavelength
and slit width is shown by the solid line. In conclusion, the absolute minima or maxima is
directly proportional to their patterns positions.
CONCLUSION
SAMPLE COMPUTATION
Table 1
Given:
a=0.16 mm ; x=90 cm
y m=
m1=0.40 cm
(0.40)(0.16)
1(90)
=711.11nm
m2=0.75 cm
(0.75)(0.16)
2(90)
=666.67 nm
m3=0.40 cm
(1.10)(0.16)
3(90)
=651.85 nm
m1=1.10 cm
(0.40)(0.16)
1(90)
=711.11nm
m2=0.75 cm
(0.75)(0.16)
2(90)
=666.67 nm
m3=1.10 cm
(1.10)(0.16)
3(90)
=651.85 nm
mx
a
Ave =
711.11+ 666.67+651.85
3
average =676.54 nm
Calculated
ym a
mx
%error=
676.54670
100
670
%error=0.98
Table 2
Given:
a=0.08 mm ; d=0.50 mm ; x=90 cm
y m=
m1=1.20 cm
(1.20)(0.50)
1(90)
=666.67 nm
m2=2.30 cm
(2.30)(0.50)
2(90)
=638.89 nm
m3=3.70 cm
(3.70)(0.50)
3(90)
=685.19 nm
m1=1.20 cm
(1.20)(0.50)
1(90)
m2=2.30 cm
(2.30)(0.50)
2(90)
=638.89 nm
m3=3.70 cm
(3.70)(0.50)
3(90)
=685.19 nm
mx
d
Ave =
=666.67 nm
666.67+638.89+ 685.19
3
average =663.58 nm
Calculated
ym d
mx
%error=
670663.58
100
670
%error=0.96