7. Light of wavelength 550 nm is incident normally on a grating that has 400 lines per mm and is 2.0 cm wide.
(a) Find the spacing between the lines in the grating.
(b) At what angle does the second-order principal maximum (m=2) occur?
(c) Find the angular half width, hw , of the second-order principal maximum (m=2).
(d) If the wavelength is increased to 650 nm, at what angle does the second-order principal maximum occur?
(e) Briefly explain, in your own words, how your answers to (b) and (c) might explain how the diffraction goggles
can cause you to see rainbow colours.
8. Light of wavelength 632.8 nm is incident normally on a grating and generates lines that are 75.99 mm apart on a
screen that is 2.000 m from the grating. How many lines (per cm) are on the grating?