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a. What is the angular separation between the second-order principal maximum and the neigh...

a. What is the angular separation between the second-order principal maximum and the neighboring minimum on either side for the Fraunhofer pattern of a 24-groove grating having a groove separation of 10−3 cm and illuminated by light of 600 nm?


b. What slightly longer (or slightly shorter) wavelength would have its second-order maximum on top of the minimum adjacent to the second-order maximum of 600-nm light?


c. From your results in parts (a) and (b), calculate the resolving power in second order. Compare this with the resolving power obtained from the theoretical grating resolving power formula, Eq. (12-11).

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