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Conceptual Questions Give reasons/answers

1. A diffraction grating has 720 x 10 lines per meter. A


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1. The diffraction of wound waves is more evident in daily experience than that of
narrow laser beam of wavelength 635nm is directed light waves. Why?
normally onto the diffraction grating. 2. What happens to the diffraction pattern by a single slit when width of slit is
a. The first order diffracted beam makes an angle θ less than the wavelength of wave?
with the center. Calculate the value of angle θ. [3] 3. Differentiate between fringes formed in a single slit diffraction and Young’s
b. Calculate the maximum number of orders that can double slit experiment.
be seen during this diffraction. [2] 4. What is the diffraction of light?
2. a. Compare between interference & diffraction of light. [2] 5. Does diffraction of light give information about longitudinal or transverse
b. A plane transmission grating gives an angle of diffraction of line at 30° in nature of light?
the second order. Find the number of lines per cm on the grating if the 6. Radio waves diffract around the building but light waves do not. Why?
wavelength of light used is 5 x 10-5cm. [3] 7. What happens to diffraction pattern if Fraunhofer’s single slit apparatus is
3. a. How plane transmission grating is formed? [2] immersed in water?
b. Derive an expression for grating equation. [3] 8. Why are secondary maxima less intense than central maxima?
c. A plane transmission grating having 500 lines per mm is illuminated
normally by a light source of 600 nm wavelength. How many diffraction
maxima will be observed on a screen behind the grating? [3]
4. A student is trying to make an accurate measurement of the wavelength of
green light from a mercury lamp (λ = 546 nm). Using a double slit of separation
of 0.50 mm, he finds he can see ten clear fringes on a screen at a distance of
0.80 m from the slits. He then tries an alternative experiment using a
diffraction grating that has 3000 lines/cm.
a. What will be the width of the ten fringes that he can measure in the first
experiment? [2]
b. What will be the angle of the second-order maximum in the second
experiment? [2]
c. Suggest which experiment you think will give the more accurate
measurement of wavelength (λ). [1]
5. a. What is Fraunhofer’s diffraction? [1]
b. Find the condition for secondary maxima and secondary minima in a single
slit diffraction. [3]
c. Draw intensity distribution graph for diffraction in single slit. [1]

Numericals
1. A parallel beam of monochromatic light is incident on a plane transmission
grating having 5000 lines per cm and the second order spectral line is
diffracted through 30°. Calculate wavelength of light used. [Ans :- 5 x 10-7 m]
2. How wide is the central diffraction maxima on a screen 5m behind 0.01mm
illuminated by 500nm light source? [Ans :- 0.5 m]
3. A parallel beam of sodium light is incident normally on a plane diffraction
grating. The angle between the two first order spectra on either side of the
normal is 27°42'. Assuming that the wavelength of light is 5893.3 A°. Find the
number of lines per mm on the grating. [Ans :- 406 lines per mm]
4. A diffraction grating with 3000 lines per cm gives third order diffraction
maximum at angle 30° from the central band. Find the angle at which first
order maximum is observed. [Ans :- 9.6°]
5. A diffraction grating has 400 lines per mm and is illuminated by
monochromatic light of wavelength 6000A°. Calculate the highest order of
spectra obtained. [Ans :- 4]

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