
While conducting the Young's double-slit experiment, a student replaced two slits with a large opaque plate in the plane containing two small holes that act as two coherent point sources emitting light of wavelength The student mistakenly placed the screen parallel to the plane at a distance from the mid-point ofas shown schematically in the figure. The distance between the sources . The origin is at the intersection of the screen and the line joining Which of the following is(are) true of the intensity pattern on the screen?




Important Questions on Wave Optics
Two coherent monochromatic point sources and of wavelength are placed symmetrically on either side of the center of the circle as shown. The sources are separated by a distance This arrangement produces interference fringes visible as alternate bright and dark spots on the circumference of the circle. The angular separation between two consecutive bright spots is Which of the following options is/are correct?




The light coming from the sky is polarized due to the scattering of sunlight by particles in the atmosphere. The scattering is largest for blue light.

Direction: The question has a paragraph followed by two statements, Statement and statement. Of the given four alternatives after the statements, choose the one that describes the statements. A thin air film is formed by putting the convex surface of a plane-convex lens over a plane glass plate. With monochromatic light, this film gives an interference pattern due to light reflected from the top (convex) surface and the bottom (glass plate) surface of the film.
When light reflects from the air-glass plate interface, the reflected wave suffers a phase change of .
The centre of the interference pattern is dark.

Two coherent point sources and are separated by a small distance as shown. The fringes obtained on the screen will be:

