Single slit Definition and 156 Threads

question about single slit diffraction... Hey all... I am trying to get a deeper and more intuitive understanding of single slit diffraction from a physical perspective. I have already read the general explanation from back when I was an undergrad in my physics classes...since then I have...

What the diffraction pattern would be for a rectangular aperture of width a and height b for cases where a>b, a<b, a=b.? anybody know? thanks

Light of wavelength 600nm falls on a 0.40-mm-wide slit and forms a diffraction pattern on a screen 1.5m away. (a) Find the position of the first dark band on each side of the central maximum. (b) Find the width of the central maximum For the (a) I think that we use sinθ = +- λ / α I...

If you send an electron through a thin slit it defracts because of the uncertainty principle. But if it has a new velocity not parallel with the direction of travel it had when it entered the slit, then certainly momentum was not conserved. Can someone please point out what is wrong with the...

Considered a question regarding single-slit diffraction that has me stumped. Understand the relationship involving wavelength to width ratio and impact on diffraction pattern. But what if you made the height and width the same so that there could be two-dimensional diffraction, what impact...

Hiya! I have questions that i am hoping someone can confirm my answers to, please. 1) In youngs double split experiment, if the separation between the slits decreased wouldn't the distance increase between the interference fringes? I say yes, i used this formula to derive my conclusion...