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Light of wavelength 500 nm falls normally on a slit of width `1 mu m` producing Fraunhofer diffraction pattern on a screen. Calculate the angular position of the first minimum and the angular width of the central maximum.

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To solve the problem, we need to calculate the angular position of the first minimum and the angular width of the central maximum for a single slit diffraction pattern. ### Given Data: - Wavelength of light, \( \lambda = 500 \, \text{nm} = 500 \times 10^{-9} \, \text{m} \) - Width of the slit, \( a = 1 \, \mu m = 1 \times 10^{-6} \, \text{m} \) ### Step 1: Calculate the angular position of the first minimum ...
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