Principles of Physics 11th ISV Edition Β· Diffraction Β· Problem 39
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39 (a) How far from grains of red sand must you be to position yourself just at the limit of resolving the grains if your pupil diameter is $1.8 \text{ mm}$, the grains are spherical with radius $50 \mu\text{m}$, and the light from the grains has wavelength $650 \text{nm}$? (b) If the grains were blue and the light from them had wavelength $400 \text{nm}$, would the answer to (a) be larger or smaller?
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Find: (a) How far from grains of red sand must you be to position your; (b) If the grains were blue and the light from them had waveleng; (a) be larger or smaller?
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Principles of Physics Β· 11th ISV Edition
Author: Walker, Halliday & Resnick
Publisher: Wiley
Chapter: Diffraction