An Optical Engineer Needs to Ensure That the Bright Fringes

question 5

Multiple Choice

An optical engineer needs to ensure that the bright fringes from a double-slit are 15.7 mm apart on a detector that is 1.70 m from the slits.If the slits are illuminated with 633 nm light,how far apart should the slits be?

• A)68.5 μm
• B)74.0 μm
• C)79.5 μm
• D)63.0 μm

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