A beam of laser light with a wavelength of ? = 590.00 nm passes through a circular aperture of diameter a = 0.189 mm. What is the angular width of the central diffraction maximum formed on a screen? ? = 0.76°
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22 * (λ/D) where: θ is the angular width of the central diffraction maximum, λ is the wavelength of the light, and D is the diameter of the aperture. Given that λ = 590.00 nm = 590.00 * 10^-9 m (since 1 nm = 10^-9 m) and D = 0.189 mm = 0.189 * 10^-3 m (since 1 mm Show more…
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