The Diffraction Grating
 

The Diffraction Grating problem 20


Light of a single wavelength is incident normally on a diffraction grating. The resulting diffraction pattern is displayed on a screen. Which change makes the first orders of intensity maxima further apart from each other on the screen?


  • placing the screen closer to the diffraction grating


  • using a diffraction grating with less separation between adjacent slits


  • using a diffraction grating with more slits but keeping the same separation between adjacent slits


  • using light with a shorter wavelength


 

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