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The distance of nth bright fringe to the (n+1)th dark fringe in Young's experiment is equal to,

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Important Questions on Wave Optics

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Two light waves are given by, E1=2sin100πt-kx+30° and E2=3cos200πt-k'x+60°
The ratio of intensity of first wave to that of second wave is:
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If a torch is used in place of monochromatic light in Young's double-slit experiment, what will happen?
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A single slit of width 0.1 mm is illuminated by parallel light of wavelength 6000 A, and diffraction bands are observed on a screen 40 cm from the slit. The distance of third dark band from the central bright band is.
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A parallel beam of light λ=5000A°) is incident at an angle α=30° with the normal to the slit plane in a young's double slit experiment. Assume that the intensity due to each slit at any point on the screen is I0. Point O is equidistant from S1 & S2. The distance between slits is 1 mm.

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The meaning of wavefront is:-
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Two polaroids are placed 90° to each other and the transmitted intensity is zero. One more polaroid is placed between them bisecting the angle between them. Let I be the intensity of light just after the first polaroid. The fraction of I transmitted by the system is-
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Unpolarized light is incident at a plane interface from medium 1 to medium 2 with refractive indices, μ1 and μ2, respectively. The angle of incidence I for which the reflected ray is totally plane polarised is,
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In a double silt experiment, two identical point sources S1 and S2 are placed on a line perpendicular to the two slits P and Q as shown (the figure is not to scale). The screen is placed away compared to the distance between the slits.

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When only S1 is switched on, there is an interference pattern with a peak intensity I1. When only S2 is switched on, there is an interference pattern with peak intensity I2 I2<I1. When both S1 and S2 are switched on,