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Single Slit Diff

The document provides instructions for determining the wavelength of light using a single slit diffraction experiment. A beam of light is passed through a single slit and the resulting diffraction pattern is observed using a spectrometer. By measuring the angle between minima in the pattern and knowing the slit width, the wavelength can be calculated using the diffraction equation. The procedure involves adjusting the apparatus, measuring the slit width, finding the angular positions of diffraction minima, and using the data in the diffraction equation to determine the wavelength of the light source.

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Single Slit Diff

The document provides instructions for determining the wavelength of light using a single slit diffraction experiment. A beam of light is passed through a single slit and the resulting diffraction pattern is observed using a spectrometer. By measuring the angle between minima in the pattern and knowing the slit width, the wavelength can be calculated using the diffraction equation. The procedure involves adjusting the apparatus, measuring the slit width, finding the angular positions of diffraction minima, and using the data in the diffraction equation to determine the wavelength of the light source.

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USER MAUAL FOR : SIGLE SLIT DIFFRACTIO EXPERIMET

AIM: - To determine the wavelength of the given source using a single slit.

APPARATUS: - Single slit, spectrometer, microscope and sodium sources.

THEORY: -
When collimated light is incident on a single slit, of width a, diffraction takes place
and result in a pattern consisting of bright and dark intensities. Wavelength of the sources is then
related to the minima of this diffraction pattern according to the following equation.
a sin θ = n λ
Where n is the order of diffraction (n= ±1, ±2, ±3-------)
λ is the wavelength of the source
a is the slit width
θ is the angle of diffraction.
The maximum of the diffraction are found at points satisfying the following equation
Tan β=β
Where β= π a sin θ λ

DIAGRAM: -
C

SLIT

Left side T T Right side


T
Direct
Reading

PROCEDURE: -
1) Adjust the collimator of the spectrometer to get a parallel beam of light .The telescope
has to be adjusted to see the collimated light coming from the collimator.
2) Place the single slit on the prism table and fix it with screws. Adjust the slit width using
the screw attached to it so as to observe a diffraction pattern through the telescope.
3) Find the angle (2θ) between the two same order (n) minima of diffraction beams using
Spectrometer.
4) Determine the width of the slit using a microscope.
5) Substituting the values of n, θ and a in equation one can determine the wavelength of the
given source.
6) Repeat the experiment with different orders of minima of diffraction beams and with slit
widths.

1
OBSERVATIO TABLE: -

Determination of slit width: -

Sr.no Microscope readings Slit

Left Right Width

Determination of θ: -

Order Spectrometer reading 2θ


of Left minimum Right minimum
minima V1-V11 V2 – V21 Mean 2θ θ λ
1 V 1
n V1 V2 V1 2

RESULT: - Wavelength of the given source.

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