How does the angular separation between fringes in single slit diffraction experiment change when the distance of separation between the slit and screen is doubled?
i. Becomes twice
ii. Remains same
iii. Becomes half
iv. Becomes one-fourth
In Young’s double slit experiment, the fringe width is found to be 0.4 mm. If the whole apparatus is immersed in water of refractive index 4/3 without disturbing the geometrical arrangement, the new fringe width will be :
i. 0.3 mm
ii. 0.4 mm
iii. 0.53 mm
iv. 0.75 mm
A screen is placed 50m from a single slit, which is illuminated with 6000Å light. If the distancebetween the first and third minima in the diffraction pattern is 3.00mm, what is the width of the slit ?
i. 200 µm
ii. 300 µm
iii. 250 µm
iv. 350 µm
How does the fringe width alter, if the entire Young’s double slit experimental set up is completely immersed into water ?
I. Increases
II. Decreases
III. Remains same
IV. None of these
When tiny circular obstacle is placed in the path of light from a distance source , a bright spot is seen at the centre of the obstacle.
I. It happens due to
II. Polarization of light waves
III. Diffraction of light waves
IV. Interference of light waves
V. Scattering of light waves
The interference phenomenon takes place
I. In all waves
II. In transverse waves only
III. In longitudinal waves only
IV. In standing waves only
In Young’s double slit experiment, using sodium light (λ = 5898) , 92 fringes are seen. If given colour (λ= 5461) is used, how many fringes will be seen?
I. 67
II. 95
III. 99
IV. 84
In the diffraction pattern due to single slit, at the position of 2nd maximum the path difference between the wavelets from the opposite edges of the slit is
I. 5λ/2
II. 3λ/2
III. 2λ
IV. λ
Two waves having intensities in the ratio of 9:1 produce interference. The ratio of the maximum to the minimum intensity is
I. 9:1
II. 4:1
III. 1:2
IV. 1:3
Two sources of intensity I and 4I are used in an interference experiment . Find the intensity at points where waves from two sources superimpose with phase difference π/2 is
I. 4I
II. 6I
III. 5I
IV. 9I
When a compact disc is illuminated by a source of white light , colored lines are observed. This is due to
I. Interference
II. Diffraction
III. Dispersion
IV. Refraction
In a YDSE experiment a monochromatic source of light is used. The shape of the interference fringes formed on a screen is
I. Parabola
II. Hyperbola
III. Straight line
IV. Circle
In the phenomenon of diffraction of light, when blue light is used in the experiment instead of red light, then
i. Fringes will become narrower
ii. Fringes will become broader
iii. No change in fringe width
iv. None of the above
A wavefront of a wave has direction with wave motion
(A) Parallel
(B) Perpendicular
(C) opposite
(D) at any angle θ