Physics 9702 · AS & A Level · The diffraction grating

The diffraction grating — practice question

Light with frequency $6.7 \\times 10^{14}\\,\\text{Hz}$ travelling through vacuum is incident perpendicularly on a diffraction grating containing $4.0 \\times 10^5$ lines $\\text{m}^{-1}$. What is the angle between the neighbouring second-order and third-order intensity maxima?

  • A$12^\circ$
  • B$21^\circ$
  • C$33^\circ$
  • D$54^\circ$

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