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Find the angular separation between the consecutive bright fringes in a Young's double slit experiment with blue-green light of wavelength 500 nm. The separation between the slits is 2.0×10-3 m.

Important Questions on Light Waves

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Are the colours of 620 nm light and 780 nm light the same? Are the colours of 630 nm light and 631 nm light the same? How many colours are there in white light?
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The wavelength of light in a medium is λ=λ0/μ, where λ is the wavelength in vacuum. A beam of red light λ0=720 nm enters water. The wavelength in water is λ=λ0/μ=540 nm. To a person underwater, does this light appear green?
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Will the diffraction effects from a slit be more clearly visible or less clearly visible if the slit-width is increased?
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If we put a cardboard (say 20 cm×20 cm ) between a light source and our eyes, we cannot see the light. But, when we put the same cardboard between a sound source and our ear, we hear the sound almost clearly. Explain.
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TV signals broadcasted by Delhi studio cannot be directly received at Patna which is about 1000 km away. But, the same signal goes some 36000 km away to a satellite, gets reflected and is then received at Patna. Explain.
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Can we perform Young's double slit experiment with sound waves? To get a reasonable fringe pattern, what should be the order of separation between the slits? How can the bright fringes and the dark fringes be detected in this case?
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A narrow slit S transmitting light of wavelength λ is placed at a distance d above a large plane mirror as shown. The light coming directly from the slit

 

and that coming after the reflection interfere at a screen Σ placed at a distance D from the slit.
(a) What will be the intensity at a point just above the mirror, i.e., just above O?
(b) At what distance from O does the first maximum occur?

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A soap film of thickness 0.0011 mm appears dark when seen by the reflected light of wavelength 580 nm. What is the index of refraction of the soap solution, if it is known to be between 1.2 and 1.5?