12: DETERMINATION OF WAVELENGTH OF A LASER USING DIFFRACTION GRATING Marks Allotted

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You are given a He-Ne LASER and a transmission diffraction grating.

1. Determine the grating element ( 2) for the given transmission grating

( Given : 15000 lines per inch ) 05

2. Set up the given apparatus to observe the first and second order spectra on either side of the principal
maximum. 10

3. Keep the screen at a distance from the grating. 05

4. Note accurately the positions of first and second order maxima on either side of the principal maximum.

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5. Calculate the distance (21) between the two first order maxima and the distance 22 between the two
second order maxima. 05

6. Calculate = or first and second order maxima. 05
2)
(2 +

7. Determine the wavelength of the given LASER using the formula: 2 sin= 05

8. Repeat steps 4, 5, 6 and 7 for five more values of . 30

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9. Calculate the error in the wavelength using the formula : = 1.25 .
(1)

Where is the average wavelength, is total number of the observations. 05

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