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Concept:
In the double-slit experiment, a beam of light is aimed at a barrier with two vertical slits. After the light passes through the slits, the resulting pattern is recorded on a photographic plate. When one slit is covered, a single line of light is displayed, aligned with whichever slit is open.
Intuitively, one might hypothesize that if both slits were open, the resulting pattern would display as two lines of light, aligned with the slits. What occurs in practice, however, is that light passing through the slits and displayed on the photographic plate is entirely separated into multiple lines of lightness and darkness in varying degrees.
\({\rm{\theta '}} = \frac{{\rm{\lambda }}}{{\rm{d}}}\)
Calculation:
Here, wavelength of light used (λ) = 5303 Å.
Distance between two slit (d) = 19.44 µ-m
Width of single slit (a) = 4.05 µ-m
Here, angular width between first and second diffraction minima
\({\rm{\theta }} = \frac{{\rm{\lambda }}}{{\rm{a}}}\)
and angular width of a fringe due to double slit is
\({\rm{\theta '}} = \frac{{\rm{\lambda }}}{{\rm{d}}}\)
∴ Number of fringes between first and second diffraction minima, \(n = \frac{\theta }{{\theta '}}\)
\(= \frac{{\frac{{\rm{\lambda }}}{{\rm{a}}}}}{{\frac{{\rm{\lambda }}}{{\rm{d}}}}} = \frac{{\rm{d}}}{{\rm{a}}} = \frac{{19.44}}{{405}} = 481\)
or n = 5
∴ 5 interfering bright fringes lie between first and second diffraction minima.