This document contains calculations to determine the diameter of the third bright ring that appears when light passes through a circular aperture. It shows that the radius of the mth bright ring is approximately equal to (2m+1)λR/2 for large values of R, the radius of the aperture. Setting m=1, it calculates the radius of the second bright ring to be 0.910 mm when light of wavelength 580 nm passes through an aperture of radius 0.952 m. Therefore, the diameter of the third bright ring is 1.82 mm.
This document contains calculations to determine the diameter of the third bright ring that appears when light passes through a circular aperture. It shows that the radius of the mth bright ring is approximately equal to (2m+1)λR/2 for large values of R, the radius of the aperture. Setting m=1, it calculates the radius of the second bright ring to be 0.910 mm when light of wavelength 580 nm passes through an aperture of radius 0.952 m. Therefore, the diameter of the third bright ring is 1.82 mm.
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This document contains calculations to determine the diameter of the third bright ring that appears when light passes through a circular aperture. It shows that the radius of the mth bright ring is approximately equal to (2m+1)λR/2 for large values of R, the radius of the aperture. Setting m=1, it calculates the radius of the second bright ring to be 0.910 mm when light of wavelength 580 nm passes through an aperture of radius 0.952 m. Therefore, the diameter of the third bright ring is 1.82 mm.
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57: For maximum intensity, with a half-cycle phase shift,
1 (2m 1)λ 2t m λ and t R R 2 r 2 R R2 r 2 2 4 2 ( 2m 1)λ (2m 1)λ (2m 1) λR R2 r 2 R R2 r 2 R2 4 4 2 2 (2m 1) λR ( 2m 1)λ ( 2m 1)λR r r , for R λ. 2 4 2 The second bright ring is when m 1 : (2(1) 1) (5.80 10 7 m) (0.952 m) r 9.10 10 4 m 0.910 mm. 2 So the diameter of the third bright ring is 1.82 mm.