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Interference of Light

Problem 5.83

Monochromatic light passes through an orifice in a screen ScS c (Fig. 5.17 ) and being reflected from a thin transparent plate PP produces fringes of equal inclination on the screen. The thickness of the plate is equal to d,d, the distance between the plate and the screen is ll, the radii of the ithi \mathrm{th} and kk th dark rings are rir_{i} and rk.r_{k} . Find the wavelength of light taking into account that ri,klr_{i, k} \ll l.

Reveal Answer
λd(ri2rk2)4nl2(ik)\lambda \approx \frac{d\left(r_{i}^{2}-r_{k}^{2}\right)}{4 n l^{2}(i-k)}