Giancoli's Physics: Principles with Applications, 7th Edition
24
The Wave Nature of Light
Change chapter24-3: Double-Slit Interference
24-4: Visible Spectrum; Dispersion
24-5: Single-Slit Diffraction
24-6 and 24-7: Diffraction Gratings
24-8: Thin-Film Interference
24-9: Michelson Interferometer
24-10: Polarization
Question by Giancoli, Douglas C., Physics: Principles with Applications, 7th Ed., ©2014, Reprinted by permission of Pearson Education Inc., New York.
Problem 14
Q
Assume that light of a single color, rather than white light, passes through the two-slit setup described in Example 24–3. If the distance from the central fringe to a first-order fringe is measured to be 2.9 mm on the screen, determine the light’s wavelength (in nm) and color (see Fig. 24–12).
Figure 24-12 The spectrum of visible light, showing the range of frequencies and wavelengths in air for the various colors. Many colors, such as brown, do not appear in the spectrum; they are made from a mixture of wavelengths.
A
580 nm
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