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There can be uncertainty in calculating the wavelength of a laser light due to experimental errors
All measurements have an uncertainty, in the case of direct measurements the uncertainty is equal to the precision of the given instrument.
What are uncertainity in measuring ?
Uncertainty means the range of possible values within which the true value of the measurement lies.
What are errors?
The deviation in the value of the measured quantity from the actual quantity or true value is called an error
(a) For the calculation of wavelength of laser light , the sources which can lead to uncertainty are
1. least count of measuring instruments like spectrometer or interferometer
2. Parallax error in the measurement
3. Error in identifying the order of fringes
4.. unable to identify the accurate reading of Vernier or circular scales present in the measuring instruments.
5. Propagating errors
What is least count?
The least count of a measuring instrument is the smallest and accurate value in the measured quantity that can be measured by instrument.
What is propagating error?
When you have derived variables, that is, when measurements are made with different instruments, each with a different uncertainty, the way to find the uncertainty or error is that all the errors add up. which increases the uncertainty
b. The uncertainty in measurement due to least count depends on the instrument used for measurement f wavelength. A Michelson's
interferometer has the least count of .0001mm. whereas spectrometer has a least count of 0.5⁰. Hence uncertainty in the measurement by Michelson's interferometer is very less as compared to any other instrument.
C. The maximum uncertainty arises due to the least count , as all other errors can be minimized by taking an average value of many observations but the least count of an instrument do not change so uncertainty within the least count arises.
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