The minimum width of the screen is 34 cm.
For a diffraction grating, dsinθ = mλ where d = grating spacing = 1/5640 lines per cm = 1/5640 cm per line = 1/5640 × 10⁻² m per line, θ = angle between principal maximum and the center axis of the grating, m = order of maxima = 1 (since we require the position of the principal maximum) and λ = wavelength = 455 nm = 455 × 10⁻⁹ m
So, sinθ = mλ/d
Also tanθ = L/D where θ = angle between principal maximum and the center axis of the grating, L = distance between central maximum and principal maximum and D = distance between grating and screen = 0.661 m.
For small angles sinθ ≈ tanθ
So, mλ/d = L/D
making L subject of the formula, we have
L = mλD/d
L = 1 × 455 × 10⁻⁹ m × 0.661 m ÷ 1/5640 × 10⁻² m per line
L = 1 × 455 × 10⁻⁹ m × 0.661 m × 5640 × 10² line per m
L = 1696258.2 × 10⁻⁷ m
L = 0.16963 m
L ≅ 0.17 m
So, for centers of all the principal maxima formed on either side of the central maximum fall on the screen, the minimum width of the screen is w = 2L.
So, w = 2 × 0.17 m
w = 0.34 m
w = 34 cm
So for the centers of all the principal maxima formed on either side of the central maximum fall on the screen, the minimum width of the screen is 34 cm.
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