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Consider single slit experiment of diffraction of light. If the light of wavelength 5000 A fall on a slit of width 1 μm then the angular width of central maximum is
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Options:
  • A 30°
  • B 15°
  • C 60°
  • D None of these
Solution:
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The correct answer is: 60°
dsinθ=λ 

sinθ=λd 

For first minima

=5 × 10-710-6

sinθ=510

θ=30° Angular width of first minima



2θ=60°

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