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Vanessa Lee

Prof. Adham

Phys 2B - 5

5 December 2020

Homework 10

1. A. Diffraction occurs because of light waves, causing a wave effect. Diffraction is created

when waves come from different parts of the same wave. The interference of light is

created by two separate waves from two different sources.

B. The dispersion of light is when white light is split and passes through a prism made of

glass, displaying a spectrum of colors. The reason why the sky looks blue is because of

the light scattering, and blue appears because it has smaller and shorter wavelengths.

2. A. v glass = c/nglass

nglass = 1.50, λglass = 600nm, c = 3.0 * 108 m/s

v glass = (3.0 * 108 m/s)/(1.50) = 2.0 * 108 m/s

B. Diffraction and interference are phenomena with waves, where it helps determine the

angle at which the light is shown and how strong it is, proving light behaves as a wave.

A. If you make the width of the slit smaller, the central maximum of the diffraction

pattern for a single-slit diffraction experiment will increase.

B. If you increase the distance between the slits and the screen, the interference pattern

on the screen becomes farther apart.

C. If you increase the distance between two slits, the distance between the pattern

decreases.

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D. If you increase the number of slits, the fringes stay in the same positions but become

brighter and the width is smaller.

3. The reason why we see a spectrum of colors on a hummingbird’s feathers is because of

the refraction of the incident light. The refraction becomes similar to a glass prism, where

multiple colors appear.

4. sinθ = mλ/d

λ = 632.8nm = 632.8 * 10−9 m, d = 1/(6 * 103 lines/cm) = 1.667 * 10−6 m

sinθ = (2)(632.8 * 10−9 m)/(1.667 * 10−6 m) = 0.7594

θ =± 49.4∘

5. d = 0.3mm = 0.3 * 10−3 m, D = 1.2m, y = 4.5cm = 0.045m, m = 2

a. λ = y d/mD = (0.045m)(0.3 * 10−3 m)/((2)(1.2 m)) = 5625 nm

b. β = λD/d = (5.625 * 10−6 m)(1.2m)/(0.3 * 10−3 ) = 0.0225 m = 2.25 cm


λ1 L1 λ2 L2
6. A. y m = d1 − d2
, where bright areas are a constructive interference

1.5λ1 L1 1.5λ2 L2
B. y m = d1 − d2
, where dark areas are a destructive interference

C. (1)Its wavelength of light increases, (6)Its frequency remains the same, (8) its velocity

decreases.

7. A. The Blu-ray player can store more information because it uses violet light, which has a

shorter wavelength, allowing the data to be placed closer to one another.

B. β = λD/d

red λ = 700nm = 700 * 10−9 m, violet λ = 400 nm = 400 * 10−9 m, D = 0.85m

D = 0.85m, d = 20um = 20 * 10−6 m, m = 1

Red:

β = (700 * 10−9 m)(0.85 m)/(20 * 10−6 m) = 0.02975m ≈ 2.98 cm

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Violet:

β = (400 * 10−9 m)(0.85 m)/(20 * 10−6 m) = 0.017 m = 1.7 cm

8. w = 2λL/a

λ = 500nm = 500 * 10−9 m, L = 2.0m, a = 0.5 * 10−3 m

w = 2(500 * 10−9 m)(2.0m)/(0.5 * 10−3 m) = 4 * 10−3 m = 4mm

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