// Scilab code Ex4.33: : Pg:182 (2008) clc;clear; Lambda = 5.46e-05; // Wavelength of light, cm n = 12; // Number of fringes d = 0.40; // Spacing between 12 fringes, cm omega = d/n; // Fringe width, cm // Since fringe width in air wedge for normal incidence is given by omega = Lambda/2*theta. On solving for theta, we have // As omega = Lambda/(2*theta), solving for theta theta = Lambda/(2*omega); // Angle of the wedge, radian l = 3; // Length of the plate, cm t = theta*l; // Thickness of the foil, cm mu = 1.33; // Refractive index of water omega_prime = Lambda/(2*mu*theta); // Fringe width if water is introduced in the wedge space in Newton's ring experiment, cm printf("\nThe angle of the wedge = %3.1e radian", theta); printf("\nThe thickness of the foil = %4.2e cm", t); printf("\nThe fringe width if water is introduced in the wedge space = %5.3f cm", omega_prime); // Result // The angle of the wedge = 8.2e-004 radian // The thickness of the foil = 2.46e-003 cm // The fringe width if water is introduced in the wedge space = 0.025 cm