JEE MAIN - Physics (2020 - 4th September Evening Slot - No. 2)

Orange light of wavelength 6000 $$ \times $$ 10–10 m illuminates a single
slit of width 0.6 $$ \times $$ 10–4 m. The maximum possible number of diffraction minima produced on both sides of the central maximum is ___________.
Answer
200

Explanation

For minima

$$d\,\sin \theta = n\lambda $$

or $$\sin \theta = {{n\lambda } \over d}$$

$$ \because $$ maximum value of sin$$\theta $$ is 1

$$ \therefore $$ $${{n\lambda } \over d} \le 1$$

$$n \le {d \over \lambda }$$

$$n \le {{0.6 \times {{10}^{ - 4}}} \over {6000 \times {{10}^{ - 10}}}}$$

$$n \le 100$$

For both sides 100 + 100 = 200

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