Question: 435 nm laser light falls on a diffraction grating and forms an interference pattern on a wall 0.88 m behind the grating. The third bright

435 nm laser light falls on a diffraction grating and forms an interference pattern on a wall 0.88 m behind the grating. The third bright spot is 944 mm from the central bright spot.


a) What is the spacing between the lines in the grating?


d = μm


b) How many lines per mm is this?


lines/mm =


c) If the grating were illuminated instead with a red 645 nm laser, what would be the distances to the first five bright spots from the central bright spot? If a bright spot does not form, enter DNE (does not exist)


x1 = m


x2 = m


x3 = m


x4 = m


x5 = m

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