1 Units, Physical Quantities, And Vectors 2 Motion Along A Straight Line 3 Motion In Two Or Three Dimensions 4 Newton’s Laws Of Motion 5 Applying Newton’s Laws 6 Work And Kinetic Energy 7 Potential Energy And Energy Conservation 8 Momentum, Impulse, And Collisions 9 Rotation Of Rigid Bodies 10 Dynamics Of Rotational Motion 11 Equilibrium And Elasticity 12 Fluid Mechanics 13 Gravitation 14 Periodic Motion 15 Mechanical Waves 16 Sound And Hearing 17 Temperature And Heat 18 Thermal Properties Of Matter 19 The First Law Of Thermodynamics 20 The Second Law Of Thermodynamics 21 Electric Charge And Electric Field 22 Gauss’s Law 23 Electric Potential 24 Capacitance And Dielectrics 25 Current, Resistance, And Electromotive Force 26 Direct-current Circuits 27 Magnetic Field And Magnetic Forces 28 Sources Of Magnetic Field 29 Electromagnetic Induction 30 Inductance 31 Alternating Current 32 Electromagnetic Waves 33 The Nature And Propagation Of Light 34 Geometric Optics 35 Interference 36 Diffraction 37 Relativity 38 Photons: Light Waves Behaving As Particles 39 Particles Behaving As Waves 40 Quantum Mechanics I: Wave Functions 41 Quantum Mechanics Ii: Atomic Structure 42 Molecules And Condensed Matter 43 Nuclear Physics 44 Particle Physics And Cosmology expand_more
36.1 Fresnel And Fraunhofer Diffraction 36.2 Diffraction From A Single Slit 36.3 Intensity In The Single-slit Pattern 36.4 Multiple Slits 36.5 The Diffraction Grating 36.6 X-ray Diffraction 36.7 Circular Apertures And Resolving Power 36.8 Holography Chapter Questions expand_more
Problem 36.1DQ: Why can we readily observe diffraction effects for sound waves and water waves, but not for light?... Problem 36.2DQ Problem 36.3DQ: You use a lens of diameter D and light of wavelength and frequency f to form an image of two... Problem 36.4DQ: Light of wavelength and frequency f passes through a single slit of width a. The diffraction... Problem 36.5DQ: In a diffraction experiment with waves of wavelength , there will be no intensity minima (that is,... Problem 36.6DQ: An interference pattern is produced by four parallel and equally spaced narrow slits. By drawing... Problem 36.7DQ: Phasor Diagram for Eight Slits. An interference pattern is produced by eight equally spaced narrow... Problem 36.8DQ: A rainbow ordinarily shows a range of colors (see Section 33.4). But if the water droplets that form... Problem 36.9DQ: Some loudspeaker horns for outdoor concerts (at which the entire audience is seated on the ground)... Problem 36.10DQ: Figure 31.12 (Section 31.2) shows a loudspeaker system. Low-frequency sounds are produced by the... Problem 36.11DQ Problem 36.12DQ: With which color of light can the Hubble Space Telescope see finer detail in a distant astronomical... Problem 36.13DQ: At the end of Section 36.4, the following statements were made about an array of N slits. Explain,... Problem 36.14DQ Problem 36.15DQ: Why is a diffraction grating better than a two-slit setup for measuring wavelengths of light? Problem 36.16DQ: One sometimes sees rows of evenly spaced radio antenna towers. A student remarked that these act... Problem 36.17DQ Problem 36.18DQ Problem 36.19DQ: Ordinary photographic film reverses black and white, in the sense that the most brightly illuminated... Problem 36.1E: Monochromatic light from a distant source is incident on a slit 0.750 mm wide. On a screen 2.00 m... Problem 36.2E: Parallel rays of green mercury light with a wavelength of 546 nm pass through a slit covering a lens... Problem 36.3E: Light of wavelength 585 nm falls on a slit 0.0666 mm wide. (a) On a very large and distant screen,... Problem 36.4E: Light of wavelength 633 nm from a distant source is incident on a slit 0.750 mm wide, and the... Problem 36.5E: Diffraction occurs for all types of waves, including sound waves. High-frequency sound from a... Problem 36.6E: CP Tsunami! On December 26, 2004, a violent earth-quake of magnitude 9.1 occurred off the coast of... Problem 36.7E Problem 36.8E: Monochromatic electromagnetic radiation with wavelength from a distant source passes through a... Problem 36.9E: Doorway Diffraction. Sound of frequency 1250 Hz leaves a room through a 1.00-m-wide doorway (see... Problem 36.10E: Figure 31.12 (Section 31.2) shows a loudspeaker system. Low-frequency sounds are produced by the... Problem 36.11E: Red light of wavelength 633 nm from a helium neon laser passes through a slit 0.350 mm wide. The... Problem 36.12E: Public Radio station KXPR-FM in Sacramento broadcasts at 88.9 MHz. The radio waves pass between two... Problem 36.13E: Monochromatic light of wavelength 580 nm passes through a single slit and the diffraction pattern is... Problem 36.14E: Monochromatic light of wavelength = 620 nm from a distant source passes through a slit 0.450 mm... Problem 36.15E: A slit 0.240 mm wide is illuminated by parallel light rays of wavelength 540 nm. The diffraction... Problem 36.16E: Monochromatic light of wavelength 592 nm from a distant source passes through a slit that is 0.0290... Problem 36.17E: A single-slit diffraction pattern is formed by monochromatic electromagnetic radiation from a... Problem 36.18E: Parallel rays of monochromatic light with wavelength 568 nm illuminate two identical slits and... Problem 36.19E: Number of Fringes in a Diffraction Maximum. In Fig. 36.12c the central diffraction maximum contains... Problem 36.20E: Diffraction and Interference Combined. Consider the interference pattern produced by two parallel... Problem 36.21E: An interference pattern is produced by light of wavelength 580 nm from a distant source incident on... Problem 36.22E: Laser light of wavelength 500.0 nm illuminates two identical slits, producing an interference... Problem 36.23E: When laser light of wavelength 632.8 nm passes through a diffraction grating, the first bright spots... Problem 36.24E: Monochromatic light is at normal incidence on a plane transmission grating. The first-order maximum... Problem 36.25E: If a diffraction grating produces its third-order bright band at an angle of 78.4 for light of... Problem 36.26E: If a diffraction grating produces a third-order bright spot for red light (of wavelength 700 nm) at... Problem 36.27E: Visible light passes through a diffraction grating that has 900 slits/cm, and the interference... Problem 36.28E: The wavelength range of the visible spectrum is approximately 380-750 nm. White light falls at... Problem 36.29E: (a) What is the wavelength of light that is deviated in the first order through an angle of 13.5 by... Problem 36.30E: CDs and DVDs as Diffraction Gratings. A laser beam of wavelength = 632.8 nm shines at normal... Problem 36.31E: A typical laboratory diffraction grating has 5.00 103 lines/cm, and these lines are contained in a... Problem 36.32E: Identifying Isotopes by Spectra. Different isotopes of the same element emit light at slightly... Problem 36.33E: The light from an iron arc includes many different wavelengths. Two of these are at = 587.9782 nm... Problem 36.34E: If the planes of a crystal are 3.50 (1 = 1010 m = 1 ngstrom unit) apart, (a) what wavelength of... Problem 36.35E Problem 36.36E: Monochromatic x rays are incident on a crystal for which the spacing of the atomic planes is 0.440... Problem 36.37E: Monochromatic light with wavelength 620 nm passes through a circular aperture with diameter 7.4 m.... Problem 36.38E: Monochromatic light with wavelength 490 nm passes through a circular aperture, and a diffraction... Problem 36.39E: Two satellites at an altitude of 1200 km are separated by 28 km. If they broadcast 3.6-cm... Problem 36.40E: BIO If you can read the bottom row of your doctors eye chart, your eye has a resolving power of 1... Problem 36.41E: The VLBA (Very Long Baseline Array) uses a number of individual radio telescopes to make one unit... Problem 36.42E: Searching for Planets Around Other Stars. If an optical telescope focusing light of wavelength 550... Problem 36.43E: Hubble Versus Arecibo. The Hubble Space Telescope has an aperture of 2.4 m and focuses visible light... Problem 36.44E: Photography. A wildlife photographer uses a moderate telephoto lens of focal length 135 mm and... Problem 36.45E: Observing Jupiter. You are asked to design a space telescope for earth orbit. When Jupiter is 5.93 ... Problem 36.46P: Coherent monochromatic light of wavelength passes through a narrow slit of width a, and a... Problem 36.47P: BIO Thickness of Human Hair. Although we have discussed single-slit diffraction only for a slit, a... Problem 36.48P: CP A loudspeaker with a diaphragm that vibrates at 960 Hz is traveling at 80.0 m/s directly toward a... Problem 36.49P: Laser light of wavelength 632.8 nm falls normally on a slit that is 0.0250 mm wide. The transmitted... Problem 36.50P: Grating Design. Your boss asks you to design a diffraction grating that will disperse the... Problem 36.51P: Measuring Refractive Index. A thin slit illuminated by light of frequency f produces its first dark... Problem 36.52P: Underwater Photography. An underwater camera has a lens with focal length in air of 35.0 mm and a... Problem 36.53P: CALC The intensity of light in the Fraunhofer diffraction pattern of a single slit is given by Eq.... Problem 36.54P: A slit 0.360 mm wide is illuminated by parallel rays of light that have a wavelength of 540 nm. The... Problem 36.55P: CP CALC In a large vacuum chamber, monochromatic laser light passes through a narrow slit in a thin... Problem 36.56P: CP In a laboratory, light from a particular spectrum line of helium passes through a diffraction... Problem 36.57P: What is the longest wavelength that can be observed in the third order for a transmission grating... Problem 36.58P: It has been proposed to use an array of infrared telescopes spread over thousands of kilometers of... Problem 36.59P: A diffraction grating has 650 slits/mm. What is the highest order that contains the entire visible... Problem 36.60P: Quasars, an abbreviation for quasi-stellar radio sources, are distant objects that look like stars... Problem 36.61P: A glass sheet is covered by a very thin opaque coating. In the middle of this sheet there is a thin... Problem 36.62P: BIO Resolution of the Eye. The maximum resolution of the eye depends on the diameter of the opening... Problem 36.63P: DATA While researching the use of laser pointers, you conduct a diffraction experiment with two thin... Problem 36.64P: DATA Your physics study partner tells you that the width of the central bright band in a single-slit... Problem 36.65P: DATA At the metal fabrication company where you work, you are asked to measure the diameter D of a... Problem 36.66CP: Intensity Pattern of N Slits. (a) Consider an arrangement of N slits with a distance d between... Problem 36.67CP: CALC Intensity Pattern of N Silts, Continued. Part (d) of Challenge Problem 36.66 gives an... Problem 36.68CP: CALC It is possible to calculate the intensity in the single-slit Fraunhofer diffraction pattern... Problem 36.69PP Problem 36.70PP: BRAGG REFLECTION ON A DIFFERENT SCALE. A colloid consists of particles of one type of substance... Problem 36.71PP format_list_bulleted