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Valeria Vasconcellos Lab 11 April 25, 2013 Procedure: A laser was shone through three objects: a diffraction grating glass, a rabbit muscle, and the lens of a butterfly’s eye. The lines that were emitted onto the board behind the object were recorded and the diffraction pattern was analyzed. Part I: Diffraction Grating Q1: Simplification of the following equation: d sin θ = n λ Where L is the distance from the object to the backdrop, and lambda, the wavelength emitted by the laser, is equal to 6.3285cm. With L = 9.7cm n Xn (cm) d (slits/mm) 1 2.3 364.5959745 1 2.3 364.5959745 2 4.6 338.5640947 2 4.3 320.2147754 3 7.6 324.8766281 3 7.1 311.1262826 Average: 4.7 337.328955 Std. Dev.: 2.274203157 22.90433107

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Valeria  Vasconcellos  Lab  11  April  25,  2013    Procedure:  A  laser  was  shone  through  three  objects:  a  diffraction  grating  glass,  a  rabbit  muscle,  and  the  lens  of  a  butterfly’s  eye.  The  lines  that  were  emitted  onto  the  board  behind  the  object  were  recorded  and  the  diffraction  pattern  was  analyzed.    Part  I:  Diffraction  Grating  Q1:  Simplification  of  the  following  equation:  d sin θ = n λ

                                   Where  L  is  the  distance  from  the  object  to  the  backdrop,  and  lambda,  the  wavelength  emitted  by  the  laser,  is  equal  to  6.328-­‐5cm.    With  L  =  9.7cm                    

n   Xn  (cm)   d  (slits/mm)  -­‐1   2.3   -­‐    364.5959745  1   2.3   364.5959745  -­‐2   4.6   -­‐338.5640947  2   4.3   320.2147754  -­‐3   7.6   -­‐324.8766281  3   7.1   311.1262826  

Average:   4.7   337.328955  Std.  Dev.:   2.274203157   22.90433107  

Q2:  The  average  value  for  d  as  seen  in  the  table  above  is  337.328955  slits/mm.  The  gradient  written  on  the  glass  is  300  slits/mm.  The  percent  error  is  12.443%.                                                                Part  II:  Rabbit  Muscle  Following  the  same  method,  we  were  able  to  measure  the  spacing  between  the  Z-­‐bands  of  a  sample  of  rabbit   muscle.    Where  L  =  9.3  cm                  

n   Xn  (cm)   d  

-­‐1   2.7  -­‐

440.5976531  1   2.3   379.3912748  

-­‐2   5.6  -­‐

407.5930475  2   4.4   337.9175744  

Average:   3.75   391.3748875  Std.  Dev.:   1.532970972   43.54002242  

                                                           Part  III:  Insect  Eye    Q1:  Plotted  diffraction  pattern  with  corresponding  measured  lengths,  x1,  x2,  x3.                            

           Q2:                                        Q3:                    Where  L  =  57.7cm                    

             I   Xi  (cm)   di  

1   3.8   103.8488102  2   3.9   53.28470193  3   4   36.42968198  

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                                                                     Conclusion:    During  this  lab,  we  took  different  objects  and  analyzed  the  ways  each  diffracted  the  light  of  the  laser.  Each  object  produced  a  different  diffraction  pattern.  For  the  grating  glass,  the  pattern  was  a  line  of  dots;  the  rabbit  muscle  produced  a  central  dot  with  arcs  on  either  side;  and  the  butterfly  eye  produced  a  hexagonal  pattern.  (It’s  difficult  to  tell  from  our  picture,  but  the  pattern  was  a  series  of  dots  that  created  the  corners  of  a  hexagon.)  From  these  patterns,  we  calculated  the  number  of  slits  per  millimeter  using  a  simplified  version  of  the  equation  d sin θ = n λ.