
Slit Accessory
012-05880B
6
Setup
➀
Set up the laser at one end of the optics bench and place the Single Slit Disk in its holder about 3
cm in front of the laser. See Figure 1.2.
➁
Cover the screen with a sheet of paper and attach it to the other end of the bench so that the paper
faces the laser.
➂
Select the 0.04 mm slit by rotating the slit disk until the 0.04 mm slit is centered in the slit holder.
Adjust the position of the laser beam from left-to-right and up-and-down until the beam is cen-
tered on the slit.
Figure 1.2: Optics Bench Setup
Procedure
➀
Determine the distance from the slit to the screen. Note that the slit is actually offset from the
center line of the slit holder. Record the screen position, slit position, and the difference between
these (the slit-to-screen distance) in Table 1.1.
➁
Turn off the room lights and mark the positions of the minima in the diffraction pattern on the
screen.
➂
Turn on the room lights and measure the distance between the first order (m = 1) marks and
record this distance in Table 1.1. Also measure the distance between the second order (m = 2)
marks and record in Table 1.1.
laser
screen
slit
Table 1.1: Data and Results for the 0.04 mm Single Slit
Slit-to-screen distance (D) = _____________________________
First Order (m = 1)
Second Order (m = 2)
Distance between
side orders
Distance from center
to side (y)
Calculated slit width
% difference
Содержание OS-8523
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