Fundamentals of Physics Extended (10th Edition)

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Chapter 40 - All About Atoms - Problems - Page 1250: 61d

Answer

$3.30\times10^{-6}$

Work Step by Step

The active medium in a particular laser that generates laser light at a wavelength of $\lambda=694\;nm$ is $L=6.00\;cm$ long and $d=1.00\;cm$ in diameter. We treat the medium as an optical resonance cavity analogous to a closed organ pipe. For closed organ pipe, the general formula wavelengths is $\lambda=\frac{4L\mu}{2n-1}$ where, $n=1,2,3,4................$. The value of $n$ also corresponds to the number of nodes. $\mu$ is the refractive index of the material. Then the general formula for the frequency is given by $f=\frac{c}{\lambda}$ or, $f=\frac{c(2n-1)}{4L\mu}$ Partially differentiating both sides keeping $L$, $\mu$ constant, we obtain $\Delta f=\frac{2c}{4L\mu}\Delta n$ Therefore, $\frac{\Delta f}{f}=\frac{2\lambda}{4L\mu}\Delta n$ Substituting the given values, we obtain $\frac{\Delta f}{f}=\frac{2\times694\times10^{-7}}{4\times6\times1.75}(1)$ or, $\frac{\Delta f}{f}\approx3.30\times10^{-6}$
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