In: Physics
46. a) Explain why a pattern of bright and dark
fringes is visible on a screen when a light is
shone through a double slit.
b) Upon using Thomas Young’s double-slit experiment to
obtain measurements, the
following data were obtained. Use these data to
determine the wavelength of light
being used to create the interference pattern. Do this
in three different ways.
• The angle to the eighth maximum is 1.12°.
• The distance from the slits to the screen is 302
cm.
• The distance from the first minimum to the fifth
minimum is 2.95 cm.