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What should be the width of each slit to obtain n maxima of double slit pattern within the central maxima of single slit pattern?

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Let 'a' be the width of each slit.

Linear separation between n bright fringes, x = nβ = \(\frac{n\lambda D}{d}\)

Corresponding angular separation, θ1\(\frac{\mathrm{x}}{D}=\frac{n\lambda}{d}\)

Now, the angular width of central maximum in the diffraction pattern of a single slit,

θ2\(\frac{2\lambda}{a}\)

As θ1 = θ2

\(\frac{n\lambda}{d}=\frac{2\lambda}{a}\)

\(\therefore\) a = \(\frac{2d}{n}\); where d = separation between slits

\(\frac{n\lambda}{d}=\frac{2\lambda}{a}\)

\(n=\frac{2d}{a}\) ,where d is separation between slit and a width of slit.



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