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Chapter 1 Optics Numericals

The document covers topics in optics, specifically focusing on simple harmonic motion (SHM) and diffraction. It includes problems related to the period and frequency of a pendulum, the effects of amplitude changes on SHM, and calculations involving spring constants and fringe separations in double slit experiments. Additionally, it addresses diffraction patterns and the angular width of central maxima in single slit diffraction.

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Chapter 1 Optics Numericals

The document covers topics in optics, specifically focusing on simple harmonic motion (SHM) and diffraction. It includes problems related to the period and frequency of a pendulum, the effects of amplitude changes on SHM, and calculations involving spring constants and fringe separations in double slit experiments. Additionally, it addresses diffraction patterns and the angular width of central maxima in single slit diffraction.

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Chapter 1 Optics

Topic: SHM
Q. Find the period and frequency of a simple pendulum 1.000 m long at a
location where g=9.800 𝑚Τ𝑠2 .
Q. An object is moving with SHM of amplitude A on the end of a spring. If
the amplitude is doubled, what happens to the total distance the object
travels in one period? What happens to the period? What happens to the
maximum speed of the object? Discuss how these answers are related.
In a physics lab, you attach a 0.200-kg air-track glider to the end of an ideal
spring of negligible mass and start it oscillating. The elapsed time from when
the glider first moves through the equilibrium point to the second time it
moves through that point is 2.60 s. Find the spring’s force constant.
(university physics- pg# 464)
Solution:
When a body of unknown mass is attached to an ideal spring with force constant
of 120 𝑁Τ𝑚,it is found to vibrate with a frequency of 6.00 Hz. Find (a) the
period of the motion; (b) the angular frequency; (c) the mass of the body.
Solution:
Topic: DIFFRACTION
Optics Practice Problems
Two slits are made 1mm apart and the screen is placed 1m away. What
is the fringe separation when light of wavelength 500𝑛𝑚 is used?
λ𝐷
Y=
𝑑
Find the distance between two adjacent dark spots from a double slit
experiment if the wavelength of light if the wavelength of light is
500𝑛𝑚, the distance between the slits is 1𝑚𝑚 and the distance from
slit to screen is 2𝑚.
𝑛λ𝐷
Y= for dark= 𝑛λΤ2
2𝑑
Coherent light with wavelength 450𝑛𝑚 falls on a double slit on a
screen 1.80 m away, the distance b/w two dark fringes is 4.20𝑚𝑚.
What is the separation of the slits?

𝑛λ𝐷
Y=
2𝑑
Two slits spaced 0.450𝑚𝑚 apart are placed 750𝑐𝑚 from a screen. What
is the distance b/w second and third dark fringes when slits are
illuminated with coherent light having wavelength of 500𝑛𝑚?
(Explain On board)
Light of wavelength 5.80 × 10−2 nm is incident on a slit of width
0.300𝑛𝑚. The screen is placed 2.00𝑚 from the slit. Calculate the angle
to the first minima in diffraction pattern.

λ
sin 𝜃1 =
𝑑
In a single slit diffraction pattern, the angular width of a central maxima
is 30°, when the slit is illuminated by light of wavelength 6000 Å, find
the width of the slit.

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