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Intensity Pattern of N Slits. (a) Consider an arrangement of N slits with a distance d between adjacent slits. The slits emit coherently and in phase at wavelength λ. Show that at a time t, the electric Held at a distant point P is
where E0 the amplitude at P of the electric field due to an individual slit, ϕ = (2π/sinθ)/λ, θ is the angle of the rays reaching P (as measured from the perpendicular bisector of the slit arrangement), and R is the distance from P to the most distant slit. In this problem, assume that R is much larger than d. (b) To carry out the sum in part (a), it is convenient to use the complex-number relationship = eiz = cosz + i sin z, where i =
(c) Using the properties of the exponential function that = eAeB = e(A+B) and (eA)nshow = en,A, that the sum in part (b) can be written as
=
Then, using the relationship eiz = cosz + isinz, show that the (real) electric field at point P is
The quantity in the first square brackets in this expression is the amplitude of the electric field at P. (d) Use the result for the electric-field amplitude in part (c) to show that the intensity at an angle θ is
where I0 is the maximum intensity for an individual slit, (e) Cheek the result in part (d) for the case N = 2. It will help to recall that sin2A = 2 sin A cosA. Explain why your result differs from Eq. (35.10), the expression for the intensity in two-source interference, by a factor of 4. (Hint: Is I0, defined in the same way in both expressions?)
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