Question 13 Marks
In a Young's double experiment, the slits are $1.5 \ mm$ apart. When the slits are illuminated by a monochromatic light source and the screen is kept $1 \ m$ apart from the slits, width of $10$ fringes is measured as $3.93\ mm$.
Calculate the wavelength of light used. What will be the width of $10$ fringes when the distance between the slits and the screen is increased by $0.5\ m$. The source of light used remains the same.
Calculate the wavelength of light used. What will be the width of $10$ fringes when the distance between the slits and the screen is increased by $0.5\ m$. The source of light used remains the same.
Answer
View full question & answer→In first case :
$d =1.5 mm=1.5 \times 10^{-3} m, D =1 m$
Width of $10$ fringes $= 3.93\ mm$
$\therefore$ Fringe width,
$\beta=\frac{3.93}{10}=0.393\ mm$
$=0.393 \times 10^{-3} m$
Wavelength,
$\lambda=\frac{\beta d}{D}=\frac{0.393 \times 10^{-3} \times 1.5 \times 10^{-3}}{1}$
$=5.895 \times 10^{-7} m$
In second case :
$ D ^{\prime}=1+0.5=1.5\ m$
$d =1.5 \times 10^{-3} m, \lambda$
$=5.895 \times 10^{-7} m$
Width of $10 $ fringes $=10 \beta^{\prime}$
$=\frac{10 D^{\prime} \lambda}{d}$
$=\frac{10 \times 1.5 \times 5.895 \times 10^{-7}}{1.5 \times 10^{-3}}$
$=5.895 \times 10^{-3} m$
$d =1.5 mm=1.5 \times 10^{-3} m, D =1 m$
Width of $10$ fringes $= 3.93\ mm$
$\therefore$ Fringe width,
$\beta=\frac{3.93}{10}=0.393\ mm$
$=0.393 \times 10^{-3} m$
Wavelength,
$\lambda=\frac{\beta d}{D}=\frac{0.393 \times 10^{-3} \times 1.5 \times 10^{-3}}{1}$
$=5.895 \times 10^{-7} m$
In second case :
$ D ^{\prime}=1+0.5=1.5\ m$
$d =1.5 \times 10^{-3} m, \lambda$
$=5.895 \times 10^{-7} m$
Width of $10 $ fringes $=10 \beta^{\prime}$
$=\frac{10 D^{\prime} \lambda}{d}$
$=\frac{10 \times 1.5 \times 5.895 \times 10^{-7}}{1.5 \times 10^{-3}}$
$=5.895 \times 10^{-3} m$




