MEDIUM
JEE Main
IMPORTANT
Earn 100

In young's double slit experiment, the fringe width is 12 mm. If the entire arrangement is placed in water of refractive index 43, then the fringe width becomes (in mm)

61.54% studentsanswered this correctly

Important Questions on Wave Optics

EASY
JEE Main
IMPORTANT
A microscope was initially placed in air (refractive index 1). It is then immersed in oil (refractive index 2). For a light whose wavelength in air is $\lambda$, calculate the change of microscope's resolving power due to oil and choose the correct option
MEDIUM
JEE Main
IMPORTANT
Two beams of light having intensities I and 4I interfere to produce a fringe pattern on a screen. The phase difference between the two beams are π2 and π3 at points A and B respectively. The difference between the resultant intensities at the two points is xI. The value of x will be _____ .
HARD
JEE Main
IMPORTANT
Two coherent sources of light interfere. The intensity ratio of two sources is 1:4. For this interference pattern if the value of Imax+IminImax-Imin is equal to 2α+1β+3, then αβ will be
EASY
JEE Main
IMPORTANT
In a Young's double slit experiment, a laser light of 560 nm produces an interference pattern with consecutive bright fringes' separation of 7.2 mm. Now another light is used to produce an interference pattern with consecutive bright fringes' separation of 8.1 mm. The wavelength of second light is _____ nm.
MEDIUM
JEE Main
IMPORTANT
Two light beams of intensities 4I and 9I interfere on a screen. The phase difference between these beams on the screen at point A is zero and at point B is π. The difference of resultant intensities, at the point A and B, will be _____ I.
EASY
JEE Main
IMPORTANT
An unpolarised light beam of intensity 2I0 is passed through a polaroid P and then through another polaroid Q which is oriented in such a way that its passing axis makes an angle of 30° relative to that of P. The intensity of the emergent light is
EASY
JEE Main
IMPORTANT

Given below are two statements :
Statement I : If the Brewster's angle for the light propagating from air to glass is θB, then Brewster's angle for the light propagating from glass to air is π2-θB.

Statement II : The Brewster's angle for the light propagating from glass to air is tan-1μg, where μg is the refractive index of glass.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below :

EASY
JEE Main
IMPORTANT
In Young's double slits experiment, the position of 5th bright fringe from the central maximum is 5 cm. The distance between slits and screen is 1 m and wavelength of used monochromatic light is 600 nm. The separation between the slits is: