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Find the angular separation between the consecutive bright fringes in a Young's double slit experiment with blue-green light of wavelength 500 nm. The separation between the slits is 2.0×10-3 m.

Important Questions on Light Waves

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A source emitting light of wavelengths 480 nm and 600 nm is used in a double slit interference experiment. The separation between the slits is 0.25 mm and the interference is observed on a screen placed at 150 cm from the slits. Find the linear separation between the first maximum (next to the central maximum) corresponding to the two wavelengths.
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A white light is used in a Young's double-slit experiment. Find the minimum order of the violet fringe (λ=400 nm) which overlaps with a red fringe (λ=700 nm).
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Find the thickness of a plate which will produce a change in optical path equal to half the wavelength λ of the light passing through it normally. The refractive index of the plate is μ.
 
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A plate of thickness t made of a material of refractive index μ is placed in front of one of the slits in a double slit experiment.

a Find the change in the optical path due to introduction of the plate.

b What should be the minimum thickness t which will make the intensity at the center of the fringe pattern zero? Wavelength of the light used is d. Neglect any absorption of light in the plate.

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A transparent paper (refractive index =1.45) of thickness 0.02 mm is pasted on one of the slits of a Young's double slit experiment which uses monochromatic light of wavelength 620 nm. How many fringes will cross through the center if the paper is removed?
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In Young's double-slit experiment using monochromatic light, the fringe pattern shifts by a certain distance on the screen when a mica sheet of refractive index 1·6 and thickness 1·964 micron (1 micron=10-6 m) is introduced in the path of one of the interfering waves. The mica sheet is then removed and the distance between the screen and the slits is doubled. It is found that the distance between the successive maxima now is the same as the observed fringe-shift upon the introduction of the mica sheet. Calculate the wavelength of the monochromatic light used in the experiment.
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A mica strip and a polystyrene strip are fitted on the two slits of a double-slit apparatus. The thickness of the strips are 0.50 mm and the separation between the slits is 0.12 cm. The refractive index of mica and polystyrene are 1.58 and 1.55, respectively for the light of a wavelength 590 nm which is used in the experiment. The interference is observed on a screen a distance one meter away.
(a) The fringe-width in n.9×10-4 m, then find the value of n.
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Two transparent slabs having equal thickness but different refractive indices μ1 and μ2 are pasted side by side to form a composite slab. This slab is placed just after the double slit in a Young's experiment so that the light from one slit goes through one material and the light from the other slit goes through the other material. The minimum thickness of the slab so that there is a minimum at the point P0 which is equidistant from the slits is λxμ1-μ2. Find x.