CET Karnataka Medical CET - Karnataka Medical Solved Paper-2008

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    In a Fraunhofer diffraction experiment at a single slit using a light of wavelength 400 nm, the first minimum is formed at an angle of 30°. The direction 6 of the first secondary maximum is given by

    A)  \[{{\sin }^{-1}}\left( \frac{2}{3} \right)\]

    B)  \[{{\sin }^{-1}}\left( \frac{3}{4} \right)\]

    C)  \[{{\sin }^{-1}}\left( \frac{1}{4} \right)\]

    D)  \[ta{{n}^{-1}}\left( \frac{2}{3} \right)\]

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

    For first diffraction minimum \[a\sin \theta =\lambda \] \[\Rightarrow \] \[a=\frac{\lambda }{\sin \theta }\] For first secondary maximum \[a\sin \theta =\frac{3\lambda }{2}\] or\[\sin \theta =\frac{3\lambda }{2}\times \frac{1}{a}=\frac{3\lambda }{2}\times \frac{\sin \theta }{\lambda }=\frac{3}{2}\times \sin {{30}^{o}}=\frac{3}{4}\] or\[\theta ={{\sin }^{-1}}\left( \frac{3}{4} \right)\]


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