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MHT CET · Physics · Wave Optics

A light wave of wavelength \(\lambda^{\prime}\) is incident on a slit of width 'd'. The resulting diffraction pattern is observed on a screen at a distance 'D'. If linear width of the principal maxima is equal to the width of the slit, then the distance 'D' is

  1. A \(\frac{\mathrm{a}}{\lambda}\)
  2. B \(\frac{2 \lambda}{\mathrm{d}}\)
  3. C \(\frac{\mathrm{d}^{2}}{2 \lambda}\)
  4. D \(\frac{2 \lambda^{2}}{\mathrm{~d}}\)
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(C) \(\frac{\mathrm{d}^{2}}{2 \lambda}\)

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(D)
\(\begin{array}{l}
\beta=\frac{2 \lambda D}{d}=d \\
\therefore D=\frac{d^{2}}{2 \lambda}
\end{array}\)