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Date May 2018 Marks available 1 Reference code 18M.1.HL.TZ2.26
Level Higher level Paper Paper 1 Time zone Time zone 2
Command term Question number 26 Adapted from N/A

Question

A beam of monochromatic light is incident on a diffraction grating of N lines per unit length. The angle between the first orders is θ1.

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What is the wavelength of the light?

A.     \(\frac{{\sin {\theta _1}}}{N}\)

B.     N sin θ1

C.     N sin\(\left( {\frac{{{\theta _1}}}{2}} \right)\)

D.     \(\frac{{\sin \left( {\frac{{{\theta _1}}}{2}} \right)}}{N}\)

Markscheme

D

Examiners report

[N/A]

Syllabus sections

Additional higher level (AHL) » Topic 9: Wave phenomena » 9.3 – Interference
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