
What is temporal coherence?
Important Questions on Wave Optics
Two coherent sources of sound, and produce sound waves of the same wavelength are in phase. and are placed apart (see fig). A listener, located at , directly in front of , finds that the intensity is at a minimum when he is away from . The listener moves away from , keeping the distance from fixed. The adjacent maximum of intensity is observed when the listener is at a distance from . Then is :











Two point sources and separated by a distance emit light waves of wavelength in phase. A circular wire of radius is placed around the sources as shown in figure, then ( is the centre of the circle and )








In a Young's double slit experiment with light of wavelength the separation of slits is and distance of screen is such that . If the Fringe width is , the distance from point of maximum intensity to the point where intensity falls to half of the maximum intensity on either side is:


