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Diffraction
1. What is diffraction? Explain different kinds of diffraction?
Thus when light falls on obstacles or small apertures whose size is comparable with the
wavelength of light, there is a departure from straight lines propagation, and the light bends
round the corners of the obstacles or apertures and enter in the geometrical shadow. This
bending of light is called diffraction.
(1) Fresnel's diffraction. In this class of diffraction, source and creen are placed at
finite distances from the aperture of ob ·tacle having sharp edges. In this case no lenses are
used for making the rays parallel or convergent. The incident wave front i either spherical
or cylindrical.
(2) Fraunhofer's diffraction. In this class of diffraction source and the screen or
telescope through which the image is viewed are placed at infinity or effect ively at infinity.
2. In the interference pattern the regions or minimum intensity arc usually almost perfectly
dark while it is not so in diffraction pattern.
3. The widths of the fringes in interference mayor may not be equal or uniform while in
diffraction pattern fringe width ofvarious fringes arc never equal.
4. In an interference pattern all the maxima are o f sarne intensity but in a diffraction pattern
they arc of varying intensity.
The above fig ... AB i a narrow slit ofwidth 'c' perpendicular to the plane ofthe paper. Let
a plane of wave front W~,I of W· I P
monochromatic light propagating normally Ar .~~;;:'_'--,
_
to the sl it. Let the d ilfract ed ; O~ ..... ".0,.. u '~ •••• ~
If
f}
Light be focused by means of a convex lens I: I IT .
o
on screen placed in the focal plane of the WI J..8~··-'::"":'~-·- .•..
lens. The secondary wavelets traveling I
normally to the slit, i.e. along the direction
OPo are brought to locus at Po by the lens. Thus Po is a bright central image. The secondary
wavelets traveling at an angel f) with the normal are focused at a point Pion the screen. The
point PI is minimum intensity depending upon the path difference between the secondary
C)
waves originating from the corresponding points of the wave front.
In order to find out the intensity at PI, draw a perpendicular AC on BR. The path difference
between secondary wavelets form A and B in .. ~
2J[ . f)
=-xesm
A
Let us consider that the width of the slit is divided into '/1' equal parts and the amplitude of
the wave from each part i "a'. The phase difference between any two consecutive wave
form these parts is
I I 2Jr . ()
- (Total Phase) = -x-esll1 =d say
n 11 A
Using the method of vector addition of amplitudes, the resultant amplitude R is given by
.
sln(n x - I x -- . fJ)
2Jr eSIll
Substitute value of 'd' then, R =a 2n A
. I
slll(-x-esm
2Jr . e)
2n A
sin(Jresin fJ / A)
=a-------
sin(ffesin fJ / nA}
considerlneSin () / A = a) then R
L-=(f---
sina/n
Sin a Sill a
=a--
a tn
(a / 11 Is very sma II, sin
neglected)
sma _- A Sin a
R =na-- (Where A = 017 )
a a
2 sma 2
=A -v--
I
4. Explain single slit diffraction
I (-;;-)
intensity
--------- ( I )
conditions
Condition for principle nt axim um : For Principle Maximum r ntensity must be Equal to A 2
2
The expression for resultant amplitude R can be written with expansion of sin ex as
If the negative terms vanish, the value ofR will be maximum i.e. a = 0
This condition (j =: 0 means that this maximum is formed by tho e secondary wavelets
which travel normally to the slit. This maximum is known as Principal maxima
For different value of 'n' we obtained the points of minimum intensity on either side of the
principal maximum.
In addition to principal maximum at a -0, there are weak secondary maxima between
equally spaced minima. For Secondary maxima differentiating the expression of '/' with
respect to a and equating to zero, we
have y=Ton Q
dl =
da
.!!..-[A2(~)2J
da a
=0
Or A".2sina. (acosa;sina)-=o
a a
2
In above equation A cannot be zero because intensity will zero
The values of a ati fying the above equation arc obtained graphically by plotting the
curves y = a and y = tan a on the same graph
The points of intersection of two curves give the values of a, the points of inter .ect ions are
±37r +S7r
a = Q,--,--,etc.
2 2
3
I, = A2[Sin(3Jr/2)]2 = A2 A . (Fist Maximum)
3Jr /2 22 PP
'[Sil1(5Jr / 2)]2 A2 .
I, = A- = - App . (Secondary Maxima, --)
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In Fig. AB and CD are two rectangular slits parallel to one another and perpendicular to the
plane of the paper. The width of
each slit is 'e' and the width or
the opaque portion is'd'. L is a
collecting lens and IV-IN is a
screen perpendicular to the plane
of the paper. .. Let a plane wave
front be incident on the surface
of XY. All the secondary waves y ,N
traveling in a direction parallel to
OP come to focus at P. Therefore, P corresponds to the posit JOn of the central bright
maximum. And all diffracted rays come to focus at p1and pi corresponds to the position of
rmmrna.
Intensity Expression
According to above diagram AB= 'e' and BC='d' and draw perpendicular AE form' A'
SLn
. e =--
CE
AC
CE=sinexAC
=sinex(e+d)
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Phase Difference is 2ff
-- x path difference
A
.
=-
2ff
A
x (e + d )SIn
.
-~
(1
Now 'R' is the amplitude for single slit then, from vector addition method Resultant
Amplitude in double slit is given by
,,/
RI= .J R 2 + R 2 + 2 R 2 cas f3 1\
I
./
o
Where' fJ' is the pha e difference between two slits o
If '2 fJ 'is the phase difference (For mathematical simplification) then resultant amplitude is
given by R I = 2R cas /3
SIn a
Resultant Amplitude given by R I =2A---cosfJ
a
Now intensity is the square of the amplitude
Then Resultant intensity due to double sl it is given by ~ 11 0' 4A' I. "i~-" r cos' fJ (I)
Where 4A2[ Si: a J due to diffraction and cas:' fJ due to Interference. Resultant
2Tr
2/3 -=-(e+d)Sll1 . (J ff .
It is ob ious from eq (I) that the intcnsity in the resultant pattern depends upon the
following two factors
(i) A2[ s: a J Which is the same as derived Cor a single slit diffraction. Thus this gives the
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(ii) cos ' fJ Which gives the interference pattern due to waves starting form two parallel
slits.
The resultant intensity at any point on the screen is given by the product of these two
factors. Let us now examine each factor separately
Due to Diffractioll
F " Tntensrty
. _sma =0 and .
or mmunurn - a = ±nlr (from singleslit)
a
For Secondary Maximum
dI =
do
~[A2(Sin 0)2J
do 0
= 0
A22sina (acosa-sina)=o
• • J
a a-
(acosa-sLna)=O or tana=a
±3lr ±5lr TI d
a =O,--,--,etc. rese are secon ary
2 2
maxima's
In resultant intensity
distribution there will be
interference fringes ID
diffi'action pattern
interference maxima are not Slngi" Silld.rtroction patterns 1)~'.J<Ji" "I' J""c: "'~r PO"le"';
constant but decrease to zero
on either side of the central maximum. This is becau e of domination of diffraction factor.
The spacing of diffraction maxima and minima and the spacing of interference maxima and
minima depends on slit width 'c ' and opaque spacing.
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7. Derive the expression for missing orders in double slit diffraction?
Missing Orders: From above data
= ±n st and f3 = xm r:
But fJ = ff (e + d)sin (J from equation (2) and a = ffesin (J (form single slit diffraction)
A A
now substitute a and fJ values then
±nm = 7[ (e+d)sin(J Or
A l11)c=(e-J d)sin(J-----(4)
ne in (J
±nff= Or
A ± nA = e S in (J ---------- (5)
That means at J 51 minima of dim-action' j 2 and -2 interFerence Fringes will be missing and
left of3 interference fi-inges will in principle lllaxima
That means at 1 minima of diffraction '+3 and -3 interference fr-inges will be missing and
Ieft 5 interference fi-ingcs will in principle maxima, like this interference t1-inges will come
in diffi-action pattern
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reach point Pion passing through the convex lens in different phases. As a result dark and
bright bands on both sides of central maximum are obtained.
And Common Phase difference is 2;{ffx common path difference = 2/3 = ~ff (e + d)sin B ,
The Factor [ A s~n a J gives the distribution of intensity due to single slit while the factor
[Si~N~l2
Sin jJ _
give the distribution of intensity due to combined effect ofall slits.
e: = ~[A2(Sin a)2J =0
cia o:d a
sina (acosa-sina)_O
A 2 .2--. J _
a a-
(acosa-sina)=O or tana=a
±3ff ± 5.1r .
a = 0 -- --,etc. These are secondary rnaximas
' 2 ' 2
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Due to interference
.
Resultant Intensity
. .
ISgIven by 1= R"
,Slna
=t-. a
]2[.swv. fJ ]2
N
SIn fJ _
sin NfJ
Already we did in single slit ~sin a = 1 at the same time ----'-- al 0 equal to I; for that;
a sin fJ
apply Hospital's rule , according to that
d .
(Sin NfJ)
. sin NfJ . dfJ
Lim fJ~±1/1f .
SIn
fJ = Lint fJ~=I/,'
--d (In. fJ )
dfJ
J[
The maxima are obtained for fJ = ±17J[ or -(e ~d)SlD. ()
-= 1.1117
A
(e+d)sin(}=..LnA Wheren-O.1.2,3,--------
n=O corresponds to zero order maximum. Fro n= 1, 2, 3---ctc, we obtained first, second third,
etc, Principal maxima respectively
Where 'rn' has all integral values except 0, ,2 ,-----n ,because for these values sin fJ
become zero and we get principal maxima. Thus rn= 1, 2, 3----- ( -I) secondary minima
between two adjacent principle maxima.
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secondary maxima; we differentiate equation (2) with respect to and then equate it to zero.
Thus
d!
djJ
=( A sin a)2.(sin NjJ)x[N
a smjJ
cos NjJsin.jJ -sin NjJcos jJ]
sin ' jJ
=0
N cos NjJsin jJ +sin NjJcos jJ =0
NtanjJ = tan NfJ
The roots of this equation give the position 0f secondary maxima's 0f interference
Intensity Distribution is given by Fig (a) , (b) and (c) shows the graph of variation of
. . sin ' a and _.
mtensity due to the factors -2-
sin '_,NjJ
_
a SIn - jJ
A = (e + d) si~
n
Here (e 1
d) = 4250 ern, e = 30·, and 11 :::: 2
1 x sin 30°
A = -----1
4250 x 2 4250 x 2 x 2
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or (e + d) ==
lIA
sin 8
•
Here II - 1.e - 18·14' or sin 18· 14' == 0.3129
and A == 6560 x 10- 0 em
(e + d) == 1 x 6560 x 1O-~
.. 0.3129 em
ow (e 'T" d) sin e n Al
o. of lines per cm 1
---. Sin e (At - )~2)
(e + d) Al A2)
54CX) x ] 0- em,
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