A beam of yellow laser light $(590 \mathrm{nm})$ passes through a circular aperture of diameter $7.0 \mathrm{mm}$. What is the angular width of the central diffraction maximum formed on a screen?
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We are given the wavelength of the light, which is $\lambda = 590 \, \text{nm} = 5.9 \times 10^{-7} \, \text{m}$. Show more…
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