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Find the range of frequency of light that is visible to an average human being (400 nm<λ<700 nm).

Important Questions on Light Waves

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The wavelength of sodium light in air is 589 nm

a Find its frequency in air.

b Find its wavelength in water (refractive index =1.33).

c Find its frequency in water.

d Find its speed in water.

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The index of refraction of fused quartz is 1.472 for light of wavelength 400 nm and is 1.452 for light of wavelength 760 nm. Find the speeds of light of these wavelengths in fused quartz.
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The speed of the yellow light in a certain liquid is 2.4×108 m s-1. Find the refractive index of the liquid.
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Two narrow slits emitting light in phase are separated by a distance of 1.0 cm. The wavelength of the light is 5.0×10-7 m. The interference pattern is observed on a screen placed at a distance of 1.0 m.
a Find the separation between the consecutive maxima. Can you expect to distinguish between these maxima?

b Find the separation between the sources which will give a separation of 1.0 mm between the consecutive maxima.

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The separation between the consecutive dark fringes in a Young's double slit experiment is 1.0 mm. The screen is placed at a distance of 2.5 m from the slits and the separation between the slits is 1.0 mm. Calculate the wavelength of light used for the experiment.
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In a double slit interference experiment, the separation between the slits is 1.0 mm, the wavelength of light used is 5.0×10-7 m and the distance of the screen from the slits is 1.0 m.

a Find the distance of the center of the first minimum from the center of the central maximum.

b How many bright fringes are formed in one centimeter width on the screen?

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In a Young's double slit experiment, two narrow vertical slits placed 0.800 mm apart are illuminated by the same source of yellow light of wavelength 589 nm. How far are the adjacent bright bands in the interference pattern observed on a screen 2.00 m away?
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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.