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Orange Light, with a wavelength of 589 nm, from a distant street lamp passes through a...

Orange Light, with a wavelength of 589 nm, from a distant street lamp passes through a mesh screen in front of a window and creates a diffraction pattern on a wall 5.6 mm  away.

Part A - What angle would be measured between the central maximum and the first order maxmium in the diffraction pattern?

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Assume the spacing between the wires in the mesh are 1 mm apart.

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Part B - Calculate the physical separtaion of the zero and first order diffraction peaks on the wall in millimeters.

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