Optics Question 171

Question: Light is incident normally on a diffraction grating through which the first order diffraction is seen at 32o. The second order diffraction will be seen at

Options:

A) 48o

B) 64o

C) 80o

D) There is no second order diffraction in this case

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Answer:

Correct Answer: D

Solution:

For a grating (e+d)sinθn=nλ

where (e+d)= grating element sinθn=nλ(e+d) For n=1,

sinθ1=λ(e+d)=sin32

This is more than 0.5. Now sinθ2 will be more than 2×0.5, which is not possible.



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