Astudent is doing a lab experiment in which she uses diffraction to measure the width of a shaft of her hair. she shines a 530 nm green laser pointer on a single hair, which produces a diffraction pattern on a screen 1.2 m away. the width of the central maximum of the pattern is 14 mm. a. what is the thickness of the hair? (91µm) b. if she chose a wider shaft of hair, how would this change the width of the central maximum? (b): for a single slit, we know that a wider slit gives a narrower pattern; the same is true for the hair.

.09 mm

Explanation:

In case of diffraction by single slit with width a the width of central maxima is given below

width = 2 λD/a

where λ is wavelength of light , D is distance of screen , a is width o slit

substituting the given values

14 x 10⁻³ =

a = .09 mm

b) If a is greater , width of central maxima will be less wide.

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