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Describe fresnel biprism and the angle of biprism.

Important Questions on Wave Optics

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In a bi-prism experiment, light of wavelength 5200 A0 is used to get an interference pattern on the screen. The fringe width changes by 1.3 mm when the screen is moved towards bi-prism by 50 cm. Find the distance between two virtual images of the slit.
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Estimate the distance for which ray optics is good approximation for an aperture of 5 mm and wavelength 500 nm?
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Newton's rings are observed normally in reflected light of wavelength 5000 A. The diameter of the 10th  dark ring is 0.005 m. The radius of curvature of the lens is
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In a bi-prism experiment, light of wavelength 5200 A0 is used to get an interference pattern on the screen. The fringe width changes by 1.3 mm when the screen is moved towards bi-prism by 50 cm. Find the distance between two virtual images of the slit.
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In a bi-prism experiment light of wavelength 5000  is being used. On a screen 1.0 m away from the coherent source, 5 mm wide fringes are observed. Then distance between two coherent sources is
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Draw a ray diagram showing position of virtual sources and region of interference in biprism experiment.
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Describe biprism experiment to find the wavelength of monochromatic light. Draw the necessary ray diagrams.
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A plane light wave with wavelength λ=0.70 μm falls normally on the base of a biprism, made of glass (n=1.520) with refracting angle θ=5.0°. Behind the biprism there is a plane-parallel plate, with the space between them filled up with benzene n'=1.500. Find the width of a fringe on the screen Sc placed behind this system.

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If prism angle α=1o, μ=1.54, distance between screen and prism D=0.7 m , distance between prism and source a=0.3 m, λ=180 π nm , then in Fresnel biprism find the value of β (fringe width).
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The distance between the slits and the screen in a biprism experiment is D and d is separation between the two slits. For the two positions of a convex lens placed between the biprism and the screen, the separation between the images are d1 and d2 respectively. Then what is the value of  d1-d2 
At first position lens is at u distance from source slit
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In a Biprism experiment, distance between sources and screen is 1.0 m. Fringes of width 5 mm are obtained when wavelength of light is 5000  . Separation of two coherent sources is
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A biprism is placed 5cm from slit illuminated by sodium light of wavelength 5890 A°. The width of the fringes obtained on a screen 75cm from the biprism is 9.424×10-2cm. What is the distance between two coherent sources?
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The distances from a Fresnel biprism to a narrow slit and a screen are equal to a = 25 cm and b = 100 cm respectively. The refracting angle of the glass biprism is equal to θ = 20. Find the wavelength of light if the width of the fringe on the screen is Δx = 0.55 mm.
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Draw neat labelled ray diagrams to get magnified and diminished images of two virtual sources using convex lens in biprism experiment.
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Represent the union of two sets by Venn diagram for each of the following.

X={x | x is a prime number between 80 and 100}

Y={y | y is an odd number between 90 and 100}

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In a Fresnel biprism experiment, two positions of the lens give separation between the slits as 16 cm and 9 cm respectively. Actual distance of separation is
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For the biprism experiment shown in the figure, the fringe width does not increases when

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What is the effect on Fresnel's biprism experiment when the use of white light is made?
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In a biprism experiment, by using light of wavelength 5000 A, 5 mm wide fringes are obtained on a screen 1.0 m away from the coherent sources. The separation between the two coherent sources is
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In Fresnel's biprism experiment a mica sheet of refraction index 1.5 is placed in the path of one of the interfering beams. This results in shifting of central fringe through 5 fringe width. If wavelength of light used is 6000  , then thickness of the sheet will be