Wave Optics · Diffraction and polarisation
Which of the following are true for a single slit diffraction?
- (A)Width of central maxima increases with increase in wavelength keeping slit width constant.
- (B)Width of central maxima increases with decrease in wavelength keeping slit width constant.
- (C)Width of central maxima increases with decrease in slit width at constant wavelength.
- (D)Width of central maxima increases with increase in slit width at constant wavelength.
- (E)Brightness of central maxima increases for decrease in wavelength at constant slit width.
- (1)A, C, E only
- (2)A, D only
- (3)B, D only
- (4)B, C only
We corrected a printing error in the original paper
Source printed option (1) as “A, D, E only”; corrected to the intended “A, C, E only” (A, C, E are the true statements; as printed no option is correct).
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