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ACTIVITY -5

To observe diffraction of light due to a thin slit.

AIM: To observe diffraction of light due to a thin slit.

MATERIAL REQUIRED:
Two ordinary razor blades with sharp edges, a source of light, i.e.,
a pencil laser or a sodium lamp, screen, a black paper.

THEORY:
When a beam of monochromatic light falls on a narrow slit of
small width, the light bends around the edges of the slit. If a
screen is placed at a suitable distance, diffraction pattern due to
the slit is obtained.
"The phenomenon of ending of light around corners and
spreading into the regions of geometrical shadow is called
diffraction".
The diffraction pattern consists of a central maxima surrounded
on either side by a number of alternate dark or bright bands
called secondary minima and maxima.
PROCEDURE:
1. First of all I placed two sharp edged, razor blades side by side
on a strip of black paper keeping their sharp edges close and
parallel to each other as shown in the figure, then I fixed the
blades with the help of cellotape and made fine slit.
2. Switched on the sodium lap or pencil laser and kept it at a
distance of approximately 2m from the blades.
3. Let the light coming out of the slit fal on a
screen(or wall) situated at a distance of about 20
com
4.I observed a diffraction pattern consists of dark and bright
bands on the wall. If an ordinary
lamp is used in place of sodium lamp, coulored fringes will be
observed.
5. Repeated the experiment by increases the slit width.

RESULTS:
1. Diffraction pattern (fringes) due to a single slit is formed when
light passes through a narrow slit which consists of a central
bright maxima and secondary minima and maxima on either side.
2. On increasing the slit width, the width of central maxima
decreases and the sharpness of fringes decreases.

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