Fundamentals of Physics Extended (10th Edition)

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Chapter 36 - Diffraction - Questions - Page 1108: 9a

Answer

increasing the amount of slits will result in a decrease of the half-widths

Work Step by Step

This is a diffraction grating, so we can look at equation (36-28) to see how the half-widths, $\Delta \theta_{hw}$, is affected by increasing the amount of slits, N. Therefore; $$\Delta \theta_{hw}=\frac{\lambda}{Nd\cos \theta} $$ We can see that increasing the amount of slits, N, will result in a decrease of the half-widths, $\Delta \theta_{hw}$.
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