Coherent and Incoherent Addition of Waves

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Coherent and Incoherent Addition of Waves: Overview

This Topic covers sub-topics such as Principle of Superposition, Constructive Interference, Path Difference and Phase Difference, Destructive Interference, Phase of Waves, Monochromatic Light Waves and, Methods to Introduce Path Difference

Important Questions on Coherent and Incoherent Addition of Waves

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Which is following statement is correct?

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The minimum path difference between two light waves is equal to zero.

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Path difference of 2λ corresponds to a phase difference of 4π.

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Two sources of monochromatic light are said to be coherent, if light waves produced by them have the same

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Maxima and minima are produced when the path difference between waves is a whole number of wavelength or odd number of half wavelength.

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What is the path difference for the first order maxima of wavelengths 4000A.

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One of the Young's double slits is covered with a glass plate as shown in the figure. The position of central maxima will:

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Two coherent monochromatic light beams of intensities I and 4I are superposed. The maximum and minimum possible intensities in the resulting beam are:

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What is phase of a wave 

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Monochromatic light is that light in which :-

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A point is situated at 6.5cm and 6.65cm from two coherent sources. Find the nature of illumination at the point if wavelength of light is 5000A

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Using analytical method, obtain an expression for the path difference between two light waves.

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Find the ratio of intensities at two points x and y on a screen in Young's double-slit experiment, where waves from S1 and S2 have path
difference of (i) 0 and (ii) λ4

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State the conditions to get constructive and destructive interference of light.

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What are coherent sources? How are they produced?

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If the intensity ratio of two coherent sources used in Young's double slit experiment is 49: 1, then the ratio between the maximum and minimum intensities in the interference pattern is

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In Young's double slit experiment, interference pattern is found to have an intensity ratio between bright and dark fringes as 9. Then amplitude ratio will be

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Two waves y1=A1sinωt-B1 and y2=A2sinωt-B2 superimpose to produce a resultant wave. Amplitude of the resultant wave is

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If ratio of intensities of two waves is 4 : 1, then ratio of amplitude of two waves is given by

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If two waves of same frequency and same amplitude superimpose and produce a third wave of same amplitude, then waves differ in phase by