MEDIUM
JEE Main/Advance
IMPORTANT
Earn 100

The angular width of the central maximum in a single slit diffraction pattern is 60°. The width of the slit is 1 μm. The slit is illuminated by monochromatic plane waves. If another slit of same width is made near it, Young’s fringes can be observed on a screen placed at a distance 50 cm from the slits. If the observed fringe width is 1 cm, what is slit separation distance? (i.e., distance between the centres of each slit.)

50% studentsanswered this correctly

Important Questions on Wave Optics

EASY
JEE Main/Advance
IMPORTANT

This question has Statement-1 and Statement-2. Of the four choices given after the statements, choose the one that best describes the two statements.

Statement-1: Out of radio waves and microwaves, the radio waves undergo more diffraction.

Statement-2: Radio waves have greater frequency compared to microwaves.

EASY
JEE Main/Advance
IMPORTANT

An observer is moving with half the speed of light towards a stationary microwave source emitting waves at frequency 10 GHz. What is the frequency of the microwave measured by the observer? (Speed of light is 3×108 m s-1).

HARD
JEE Main/Advance
IMPORTANT

Two parallel beams of light P and Q (separation d) containing radiations of wavelengths 4000 Å and 5000 Å (which are mutually coherent in each wavelength separately) are incident normally on a prism as shown in the figure. The refractive index of the prism as a function of wavelength is given by the relation, μ λ=1.20+b2λ2 where λ is in Å and b is a positive constant. The value of b is such that the condition for total reflection at the face AC is just satisfied for one wavelength and is not satisfied for the other. A convergent lens is used to bring these transmitted beams into focus. If the intensities of the upper and the lower beams immediately after transmission from the face AC, are 4I and I respectively, find the resultant intensity at the focus.

Question Image

MEDIUM
JEE Main/Advance
IMPORTANT

White coherent light (400 nm-700 nm) is sent through the slits of a Young’s double-slit experiment (as shown in the figure). The separation between the slits is 1 mm and the screen is 100 cm away from the slits. There is a hole in the screen at a point 1.5 mm away (along the width of the fringes) from the central line. 

(a) For which wavelength(s) there will be minima at that point?

(b) Which wavelength(s) will have a maximum intensity?

HARD
JEE Main/Advance
IMPORTANT

A beam of light consisting of two wavelengths, 6500 Å and 5200 Å is used in a double slit experiment (1 Å = 1010 m). The distance between the slits is 2.0 mm and the distance between the plane of the slits and the screen is 120 cm. 

(a) Find the distance of the third bright fringe on the screen from the central maximum for the wavelength 6500 Å.

(b) What is the least distance from the central maximum where the bright fringes due to both the wavelengths coincide?

HARD
JEE Main/Advance
IMPORTANT

A source S is kept directly behind the slit S1 in a double-slit apparatus. Find the phase difference at a point O which is equidistant from S1 and S2. What will be the phase difference at P if a liquid of refraction index μ is filled; (wavelength of light in air is λ due to the source). Assume same intensity due to S1 and S2  on screen and position at the liquid. ( λ<< d, d<< D, l >> d) 

Question Image

(a) between the screen and the slits.

(b) between the slits and the source S. In this case find the minimum distance between the points on the screen where the intensity is half the maximum intensity on the screen.

HARD
JEE Main/Advance
IMPORTANT
A monochromatic light of λ= 5000 Å is incident on two slits separated by a distance of 5 × 10-4 m. The interference pattern is seen on a screen placed at a distance of 1 m from the slits. A thin glass plate of thickness 1.5 × 10-6 m and refractive index μ= 1.5 is placed between one of the slits and the screen. Find the intensity at the centre of the screen, if the intensity there is I0 in the absence of the plate. Also, find the lateral shift of the central maximum. 
HARD
JEE Main/Advance
IMPORTANT
In a YDSE experiment, the distance between the slits and the screen is 100 cm. For a certain distance between the slits, an interference pattern is observed on the screen with the fringe width 0.25 mm. When the distance between the slits is increased by d =1.2 mm, the fringe width decreased to n=23 of the original value. In the final position, a thin glass plate of refractive index 1.5 is kept in front of one of the slits & the shift of central maximum is observed to be 20 fringe width. Find the thickness of the plate and wavelength of the incident light.