MEDIUM
JEE Advanced
IMPORTANT
Earn 100

It is found that when waves from two identical coherent sources superpose at a certain point, the resultant intensity is equal to the intensity of one wave only. This means that the phase difference between the two waves at that point is,

50% studentsanswered this correctly

Important Questions on Interference and Diffraction of Light

EASY
JEE Advanced
IMPORTANT
Monochromatic green light of wavelength 5×10-7 m illuminates a pair of slits 1 mm apart. The separation between bright lines on the interference pattern formed on a screen 2 m away is,
EASY
JEE Advanced
IMPORTANT

In a double-slit experiment, for light of which colour will the fringe width be minimum?

HARD
JEE Advanced
IMPORTANT
A thin mica sheet of thickness 2×10-6 m and refractive index μ=1.5 is introduced in the path of light from upper slit. The wavelength of the wave used is 5000 A. The central bright maximum will shift,
EASY
JEE Advanced
IMPORTANT
In Young's double slit experiment, the fringe width will remain same if (D=distance between the screen and the plane of slits, d=separation between two slits and λ=wavelength of light used),
MEDIUM
JEE Advanced
IMPORTANT
In Young's double slit experiment, instead of taking slits of equal width, one slit is made twice as wide as the other. Then, in the interference pattern,
MEDIUM
JEE Advanced
IMPORTANT
When a thin transparent plate of thickness t and refractive index μ is placed in the path of one of the two interfering waves of light, then the path difference between the two waves is,
HARD
JEE Advanced
IMPORTANT
In Young's double slit experiment, an interference pattern is obtained for, λ=6000 A, coming from two coherent sources S1 and S2. At a certain point P on the screen, third dark fringe is formed. Then, the path difference S1P-S2P in microns is,
EASY
JEE Advanced
IMPORTANT
Intensity at centre in Young's double slit experiment is I0. If one slit is covered, then intensity at centre will be,