A Young’s double slit experiment uses a monochromatic source. The shape of the interference fringes formed on a screen is.

(a) In a single slit diffraction experiment, if the width of the slit is made double the original width, then the size of the central diffraction band reduces to half...

(a)  Straight line fringes are formed on screen.

The correct answer is (b) IO/4 EXPLANATION:  As in the previous explanation the maximum intensity  I₀ = (√I₁ + √I₂)². Here given that I₁ = I₂ = I (say).  →I₀ = 4 I  -------...

(a) the fringe width will decrease EXPLANATION:    As the wavelength of light in water will decrease, hence the fringe width will decrease because the fringe width is proportional to the wavelength.

(b) consecutive fringes will come closer EXPLANATION:    The options (a), (c) and (d) are related to the intensity changes. Since the intensity of light incident on the slits is not changed...

Fringe width, β = Dλ/d => β ∝  λ  for same D and d. When the whole apparatus is immersed in a  transparent liquid of refractive index n =1×3, the wavelength decreases to  ...

 (i) Angular separation βθ = β/D = λ/d It is independent of D; therefore, angular separation remains unchanged if screen is moved away from the slits. But the actual separation between fringes β = λD/d  increases, so visibility...

Angular separation between fringes  βθ = λ/d where λ = wavelength, d = separation between coherent sources, βθ is independent of distance between the slits and screen; so angular separation (βθ) will remain unchanged.

In single slit diffraction experiment fringe width is β = 2λD/d If d is doubled, the width of central maxima is halved. Thus size of central maxima is reduced to half. Intensity...

The fringe width is β = λD/d If D (distance between slits and screen) is doubled, then fringe width will be doubled.