Blue light of wavelength 450 nm passes through a 0.20-mm-wide slit and illuminates a screen 1.2 m

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Blue light of wavelength 450 nm passes through a 0.20-mm-wide slit and illuminates a screen 1.2 m away. How wide is the central maximum of the diffraction pattern? 

A. 1.2 mm 

B. 2.0 mm

C. 2.7 mm

D. 5.4 mm

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College Physics A Strategic Approach

ISBN: 9780321595492

2nd Edition

Authors: Randall D. Knight, Brian Jones, Stuart Field

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