Tuesday, June 7, 2022

Solutions to Fresnel Diffraction Problems (Part 3)

 1) Without plotting a Cornu spiral, find the hypothetical value of Dv   for such a spiral plotted for the diffraction pattern of a single slit of  width 0.80mm, assuming Fresnel zone parameters a = 40.0 cm and b = 50.0 cm with red light  of 6400 Å.  From this result obtain the relative intensity I.


Soln.

Dv =   S Ö{ 2 (a + b)/  abl  }  = 

0.08 cm Ö{ 2 (40 cm + 50 cm )/ (40cm) (50 cm) 6.4   x  10 -5  cm } 

Dv = 3.0      

And  from table of Fresnel integrals:

 (Dx)  =    0.6058 – 0.0000 = 0.6058

(Dy)  =    0.4963 – 0.0000 = 0.4963

A2   =   (Dx) 2  +   (D y) 2

I    » A2   =   (0.6058) 2    +   (0.4963) 2

 I    »   0.613


2) A student is given the top section of a Cornu spiral to analyze for an exam:


Using this, obtain the relative amplitude for the particular diffraction pattern.  From this find the relative intensity.

Soln.

From the diagram, on inspection of v along the spiral,  we see:

(D v)   =   (1.4 - 0.9)  =  0.5

Obtain the  (Dx,  Dy)  limits from the table of Fresnel integrals for these values, e.g.

(Dx)  =   0.5431 -   (0.7648) =  (-0.222)

(Dy)  =  0.7135  -   0.3398   =   0.374

A2   =   (Dx) 2  +   (D y) 2

The relative amplitude is:

A =  Ö (Dx) 2  +   (D y) 2

=    Ö (-0.222) 2  +   (0.374) 2

=   0.435  

And the relative intensity is:

I    » A2   = (0.435) 2    = 0.189 

3) Plot the graph for a Cornu spiral for a single slit diffraction pattern at intervals of Dv = -0.10 to 3.0 and Dx from 0 to 0.90. On the graph draw a chord from x = 0.40 to x = 0.75 and from this estimate Dv along the Cornu arc.  Hence or otherwise obtain the relative amplitude and the intensity.

Soln.  

The  portion of the Cornu spiral of interest is shown below:


This is extracted from the full spiral graphed below:


From the given information and the graph segment (upper right quadrant of Cornu spiral) we obtain: 




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