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Interference is based on the superposition principle. According to this principle, at a particular point in the medium, the resultant displacement produced by a number of waves is the vector sum of the displacements produced by each of the waves.

If two sodium lamps illuminate two pinholes S1 and S2, the intensities will add up and no interference fringes will be observed on the screen.

Here the source undergoes abrupt phase change in times of the order of 10-10 seconds.

  1. Two coherent sources of intensity $\text{10 }\frac{\text{W}}{\text{m}^2}$ and $\text{25 }\frac{\text{W}}{\text{m}^2}$ interfere to form fringes. Find the ratio of maximum intensity to minimum intensity.

  1. 15.54
  2. 16.78
  3. 19.72
  4. 18.39
  1. Which of the following does not show interference?
  1. Soap bubble.
  2. Excessively thin film.
  3. A thick film.
  4. Wedge shaped film.
  1. ln a Young's double-slit experiment, the slit separation is doubled. To maintain the same fringe spacing on the screen, the screen-to-slit distance D must be changed to:
  1. 2D
  2. 4D

  3. $\frac{\text{D}}{2}$

  4. $\frac{\text{D}}{4}$

  1. The maximum number of possible interference maxima for slit separation equal to twice the wavelength in Young's double-slit experiment, is:
  1. Infinite
  2. Five
  3. Three
  4. Zero
  1. The resultant amplitude of a vibrating particle by the superposition of the two waves.

$\text{y}_1=\text{a}\sin\Big[\omega\text{t}+\frac{\pi}{3}\Big]$ and $\text{y}_2=\text{a}\sin\omega\text{t}$ is:

  1. $\text{a}$

  2. $\sqrt2\text{a}$

  3. $\text{2a}$

  4. $\sqrt3\text{a}$

✓

Answer

  1. (c) 19.72

Explanation:

Given $\text{I}_1=\text{10 }\frac{\text{W}}{\text{m}^2}$ and $\text{I}_2=\text{25 }\frac{\text{W}}{\text{m}^2}$

$\frac{\text{I}_1}{\text{I}_2}=\frac{\text{a}^2_1}{\text{a}^2_2}=\frac{10}{25}\Rightarrow\frac{\text{a}_1}{\text{a}_2}=\frac{3.16}{5}$ or

$\text{a}_1=\frac{3.16}{5}\text{a}_2=0.6324\text{a}_2$

$\frac{\text{I}_\text{max}}{\text{I}_\text{min}}=\frac{(\text{a}_1+\text{a}_2)^2}{(\text{a}_1-\text{a}_2)^2}=\frac{[0.6324\text{a}_2+\text{a}_2]^2}{[0.6324\text{a}_2-\text{a}_2]^2}=19.724$

  1. (b) Excessively thin film.

Explanation:

In an excessively thin film, the thickness of the film is negligible. Thus the path difference between the reflected rays becomes $\frac{\lambda}{2}$ which produces a minima.

  1. (a) 2D

Explanation:

Since, $\beta=\frac{\lambda\text{D}}{\text{d}}$ for d = 2d,

$\beta'=\frac{\lambda\text{D}'}{2\text{d}}=\beta$ (Gives)

$\therefore$ D1 = 2D

  1. (b) Five

Explanation:

The condition for possible interference maxima on the screen is, $\text{d}\sin\theta=\text{n}\lambda$

where d is slit separation and $\lambda$ is the wavelength.

As $\text{d}=2\lambda$ (given)   $\therefore2\lambda\sin\theta=\text{n}\lambda$ or $2\sin\theta=\text{n}$

For number of interference maxima to be maximum,

$\sin\theta=1\ \ \ \therefore\ \ \ \text{n}=2$

The interference maxima will be formed when

$\text{n}=0,\pm1,\pm2$

Hence the maximum number of possible maxima is 5.

  1. (d) $\sqrt3\text{a}$

Explanation:

$\text{y}_1=\text{a}\sin\Big(\omega\text{t}\frac{\pi}{3}\Big)$ and $\text{y}_2=\text{a}\sin\omega\text{t}$

$\text{A}=\sqrt{\text{a}_1^2+\text{a}^2_2+2\text{a}_1\text{a}_2\cos\phi}$, where $\phi=\frac{\pi}{3}$

$=\sqrt{\text{a}^2+\text{a}^2+2\text{aa}\cos\frac{\pi}{3}}=\sqrt3\text{a}$

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