
State with reason whether diffraction of light takes place at the two slits in Young’s interference experiment.

Important Questions on Interference of Light
Can two sodium vapour lamps (i.e., two independent monochromatic sources of light) act as coherent sources? Explain in brief.

Suppose the two slits in Young’s apparatus are illuminated by two identical but independent monochromatic light sources. Will you observe interference pattern on the screen?





The frequencies of two wave-sources and shown in the figure are equal. What type of interference will occur at the points , and ? The distance (assume that the waves from and start in the same phase).

Light from two coherent sources is reaching on a screen. If the path difference at a point on the screen for the yellow light be , then what will be the colour of the fringe at that point? Explain with necessary argument.
