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After a laser beam passes through two thin parallel slits, the first completely dark fringes occur at 19.0 with the original direction of the beam, as viewed on a screen far from the slits. (a) What is the ratio of the distance between the slits to the wavelength of the light illuminating the slits

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Answer:

[tex]$\frac{d}{\lambda} = 1.54$[/tex]

Explanation:

Given :

The first dark fringe is for m = 0

[tex]$\theta_1 = \pm 19^\circ$[/tex]

Now we know for a double slit experiments , the position of the dark fringes is give by :

[tex]$d \sin \theta=\left(m+\frac{1}{2}\right) \lambda$[/tex]

The ratio of distance between the two slits, d to the light's wavelength that illuminates the slits, λ :

[tex]$d \sin \theta=\left(\frac{1}{2}\right) \lambda$[/tex]     (since, m = 0)

[tex]$d \sin \theta=\frac{\lambda}{2}$[/tex]

[tex]$\frac{d}{\lambda} = \frac{1}{2 \sin \theta}$[/tex]

[tex]$\frac{d}{\lambda} = \frac{1}{2 \sin 19^\circ}$[/tex]

[tex]$\frac{d}{\lambda} = 1.54$[/tex]

Therefore, the ratio is [tex]$\frac{1}{1.54}$[/tex]  or 1 : 1.54