
Two coherent sources and produce interference at a point on the screen where there is a dark band which is formed between bright band and bright band. The wavelength of light used is . The path difference between and is


Important Questions on Interference and Diffraction
A beam of light of from a distant source falls on a single slit wide and the resulting diffraction pattern is observed on a screen away. The distance between the first dark fringes on either side of the central bright fringe is

A fringe width of a certain interference pattern is . What is the distance of order minima from central maxima?

Two slits separated by a distance of are illuminated with light of wavelength . The interference fringes are observed on a screen placed from the slits. The distance between the fourth dark and sixth bright fringe on the same side is equal to


In Young's double-slit experiment, the intensity at a point where the path difference is ( being the wavelength of the light used) is . If denotes the maximum intensity, then is equal to

If a transparent medium of refractive index and thickness is inserted in front of one of the slits of Young's double-slit experiment, how much will be the shift in the interference pattern? The distance between the slits is and that between slits and screen is .

Young's double-slit experiment is first performed in air and then in a medium other than air. It is found that bright fringe in the medium lies where dark fringe lies in the air. The refractive index of the medium is nearly

In Young's experiment, two coherent sources are placed apart and the fringes are observed one metre away. If it produces the second dark fringe at a distance of from the central fringe, the wavelength of monochromatic light used would be
