Structures on a bird feather act like a diffraction grating having 8500 lines per centimeter. What is the angle of the first-order maximum for 577 nm light shone through a feather?

29.5°

Explanation:

To find the distance d

d = 1E10^-2/8500lines

= 1.17x 10-6m

But wavelength in first order maximum is 577nm

and M = 1

So

dsin theta= m. Wavelength

Theta= sin^-1 (m wavelength/d)

= Sin^-1 ( 1* 577 x10^-8m)/1.17*10^-6

= 493*10^-3= sin^-1 0.493

Theta = 29.5°

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