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If Fresnel's bi prism experiment as held in water in spite of air,  what will be the effect on the fringe width?

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Important Questions on Wave Optics

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Consider a Young's double slit experiment as shown in figure. What should be the slit separation d in terms of wavelength λ such that the first minima occurs directly in front of the slit (S1) ?

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A ray of light wavelength λ0 and frequency v0 enters a glass slab of refractive index μ  from air. Then,
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While conducting the Young's double slit experiment, a student replaced the two slits with a large opaque plate in the x-y plane containing two small holes that act as two coherent point sources S1, S2 emitting light of wavelength 600 nm. The student mistakenly placed the screen parallel to the x-z plane (for z>0) at a distance D=3 m from the mid-point of S1, S2 , as shown schematically in the figure. The distance between the sources d=0.6003 mm. The origin O is at the intersection of the screen and the line joining S1, S2 . Which of the following is (are) true of the intensity pattern on the screen?
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Two slits in Young's experiment have widths in the ratio 1 : 25. The ratio of intensity at the maxima and minima in the interference pattern, ImaxImin is:
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In a bi-prism experiment, light of wavelength 5200 A0 is used to get an interference pattern on the screen. The fringe width changes by 1.3 mm when the screen is moved towards bi-prism by 50 cm. Find the distance between two virtual images of the slit.
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In a Young's double slit experiment, the slits are placed 0.320 mm apart. Light of wavelength λ=500 nm is incident on the slits. The total number of bright fringes that are observed in the angular range -30oθ30o is:
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The intensity at the maximum in a Young's double slit experiment is I0. Distance between two slits is d=5λ, where λ is the wavelength of light used in the experiment. What will be the intensity in front of one of the slits on the screen placed at a distance D=10?
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In a double-slit experiment, the two slits are 1 mm apart and the screen is placed 1 m away. A monochromatic light of wavelength 500 nm is used. What will be the width of each slit for obtaining ten maxima of double-slit within the central maxima of a single-slit pattern?
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In a bi-prism experiment, light of wavelength 5200 A0 is used to get an interference pattern on the screen. The fringe width changes by 1.3 mm when the screen is moved towards bi-prism by 50 cm. Find the distance between two virtual images of the slit.
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Estimate the distance for which ray optics is good approximation for an aperture of 5 mm and wavelength 500 nm?
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Two coherent point sources S1 and S2 are separated by a small distance d as shown in the figure. The fringes obtained on the screen will be

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Two identical light waves having phase difference ϕ propagate in the same direction. When they superpose, the intensity of the resultant wave is proportional to_____.
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The Young's double slit experiment is performed with blue light and green light of wavelengths 4360 Å and 5460 Å respectively. If X is the distance of 4th maxima from the central one, then

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In a Young's double slit experiment slit separation 0.1 mm, one observes a bright fringe at angle 140 rad by using light of wavelength λ1. When the light of wavelength λ2 is used a bright fringe is seen at the same angle in the same set up. Given that λ1 and λ2 are in visible range 380 nm to 740 nm, their values are:
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In a Young's double slit experiment with light of wavelength λ, the separation of slits is d and distance of screen is D such that Ddλ . If the Fringe width is β , the distance from point of maximum intensity to the point where intensity falls to half of the maximum intensity on either side is:

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The interference pattern is obtained with two coherent light sources of intensity ratio, n. In the interference pattern, the ratio, ImaxIminImax+Imin will be
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The distance between two coherent sources is 1 mm. The screen is placed at a distance of 1 m from the sources. If the distance of the third bright fringe is 1.2 mm from the central fringe, the wavelength of light used is
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For what distance is ray optics a good approximation when the aperture is 4 mm wide and the wavelength is 500 nm ?
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In Newton's rings experiment, obtain an expression for the radius of the nth dark ring.

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Two point sources S1 and S2 separated by a distance 10 μm emit light waves of wavelength 4 μm in phase. A circular wire of radius 40 μm is placed around the sources as shown in figure, then (O is the centre of the circle and OS1=OS2)

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