Physics 9702 · AS & A Level · The diffraction grating

The diffraction grating — practice question

A green light beam with wavelength $550\ \text{nm}$ falls normally on a diffraction grating and forms a diffraction pattern on a screen that is $3.5\ \text{m}$ away from the diffraction grating. The third-order maximum on the screen is $0.75\ \text{m}$ from the zeroth-order (central) maximum. Calculate the spacing between two neighbouring slits in the diffraction grating.

  • A$2.6 \times 10^{-6}\ \text{m}$
  • B$7.7 \times 10^{-6}\ \text{m}$
  • C$7.9 \times 10^{-6}\ \text{m}$
  • D$1.0 \times 10^{-5}\ \text{m}$

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