We
have to show that in a grating with alternately transparent and
opaque strips of equal width, all
the even orders
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We are given
a grating with alternately transparent and opaque strips of equal
width. Let the width of the strips be a.
Therefore, the separation between the successive transparent strips
will be
We note that
because of the finite size of the slits the grating spectrum will be
within the diffraction envelope of a slit of width a.
The diffraction envelope is proportional to
Therefore, the even orders of the grating principal maxima will be at the location of the minima of the diffraction envelope produced because of the finite size of the slit width and will not be seen.
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are absent.
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The principal maxima are given by the grating equation
,
where
.
The intensity minima in diffraction due to a slit of width a
will therefore be at locations given by the equation