Two waves of intensity ratio 9:1 interfere to produce fringes in a young's double-slit experiment, the ratio of intensity at maxima to the intensity at minima is
1. 4:1
2. 9:1
3. 81:1
4. 9:4
Two polaroids P1P1 and P2P2 are placed with their axis perpendicular to each other. Unpolarised light IoIo is incident on P1P1. A third polaroid P3P3 is kept in between P1P1 and P2P2 such that its axis makes an angle (45)∘(45)∘ with that of P1P1. The intensity of transmitted light through P2P2
1. Io2Io2
2. Io4Io4
3. Io8Io8
4. Io16Io16
The interference pattern is obtained with two coherent light sources of intensity ratio n. In the interference pattern, the ratio Imax-IminImax+IminImax−IminImax+Imin will be
1.√nn+1√nn+1
2. 2√nn+12√nn+1
3. √n(n+1)2√n(n+1)2
4.2√n(n+1)22√n(n+1)2
A linear aperture whose width is 0.02 cm is placed immediately in front of a lens of focal length 60 cm. The aperture is illuminated normally by a parallel beam of wavelength 5×10-55×10−5 cm. The distance of the first dark band of the diffraction pattern from the centre of the screen is
1. 0.10 cm
2. 0.25 cm
3. 0.20 cm
4. 0.15 cm
The intensity at the maximum in Young's double-slit experiment is I0I0 when the distance between two slits is d=5λλ, where λλ is the wavelength of light used in the experiment. What will be the intensity in front of one of the slits on the screen placed at a distance D= 10 d?
1. I04I04
2. 34I034I0
3. I02I02
4. I0I0
In a diffraction pattern due to a single slit of width a,the first minimum is observed at an angle 30∘30∘ when light of wavelength 5000 ˙A˙A is incident on the slit. The first secondary maximum is observed at an angle of
1. sin-1(23)sin−1(23)
2. sin-1(12)sin−1(12)
3. sin-1(34)sin−1(34)
4. sin-1(14)sin−1(14)
For a parallel beam of monochromatic light of wavelength diffraction is produced by a single slit whose width 'a' is of the order of the wavelength of the light. If 'D' is the distance of the screen from the slit, the width of the central maxima will be
1. 2Dλ/a
2. Dλ/a
3. Da/λ
4. 2Da/λ
In a double-slit experiment, the two slits are 1 mm apart and the screen is placed 1 m away. A monochromatic light of wavelength 500 nm is used. What will be the width of each slit for obtaining ten maxima of double-slit within the central maxima of a single-slit pattern?
1. 0.2 mm
2. 0.1 mm
3. 0.5 mm
4. 0.02 mm
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3. | 49121 | 4. | 49 |
At the first minimum adjacent to the central maximum of a single slit diffraction pattern, the phase difference between the Huygen's wavelet from the edge of the slit and the wavelet from the midpoint of the slit is
1. π/4 radian
2. π/2 radian
3. π radian
4. π/8 radian