$A$ parallel beam of light of wavelength $500\; nm$ falls on a narrow slit and the resulting diffraction pattern is observed on a screen $1\;m$ away. It is observed that the first minimum is at a distance of $2.5\;mm$ from the centre of the screen. Find the width of the slit. (in $; mm$)

Two slits are made $1 \; mm$ apart and the screen is placed $1 \; m$ away. What should the width of each slit be to obtain $10$ maxima of the double-slit pattern within the central maximum of the single-slit pattern (in $; mm$)? Blue-green light of wavelength $500 \; nm$ is used.

In the case of Fraunhofer diffraction at a single slit,which of the following statements correctly describes the diffraction pattern on the screen?

$A$ single slit diffraction experiment is performed to determine the slit width using the equation,$\frac{b d}{D} = m \lambda$,where $b$ is the slit width,$D$ is the distance between the slit and the screen,$d$ is the distance between the $m^{\text{th}}$ diffraction maximum and the central maximum,and $\lambda$ is the wavelength. $D$ and $d$ are measured with scales of least count of $1 \ cm$ and $1 \ mm$,respectively. The values of $\lambda$ and $m$ are known precisely to be $600 \ nm$ and $3$,respectively. The absolute error (in $\mu m$) in the value of $b$ estimated using the diffraction maximum that occurs for $m=3$ with $d=5 \ mm$ and $D=1 \ m$ is $.....$

Explain diffraction by a single slit.

What is diffraction? Who discovered it? What kind of waves exhibit the diffraction phenomenon?