YOUNGS DOUBLE SLIT EXPERIMENT(30-08-2016) (to be submitted by 5/6

September 2016 )
(To be submitted in the Tutorial notebook)
1. Two slits in youngs double slit experiment have width in ratio 4:1. Find the ratio of intensity of
maxima and minima in the interference pattern.
2. In a Youngs experiment the slit-screen distance is one meter and the slits are 1 cm apart. If
the wavelength of light used in the experiment is 500 nm . Calculate the distance between
third order bright fringes.
3. A Youngs double slit arrangement produces interference fringes for sodium light (having
wavelength 589 nm) that are 0.20o apart. What is the angular fringe separation if the entire
arrangement is immersed in water
refractive index of water is 4/3) ?
4. A pair of screens are placed 13.7 m apart . a third order fringe is seen on the screen 2.50 cm
from the central fringe. If the slit were cut 0.0960 cm apart, determine the wavelength of this
light. Roughly what colour is it ?
5. Determine how far from the central fringe the first order violet ( = 350 nm) and red ( =
700 nm) colours will appear if the screen is 10 m away and the slit is 0.05 cm wide.
6. In a Youngs experiment, the central fringe of the interference pattern produced by light
having wavelength 650 nm is shifted to the position of fifth bright fringe when a thin
transparent film of refractive index 1.5 is introduced in front of one of the slits. Find the
thickness of the sheet.
7. A double slit apparatus is immersed in a liquid of refractive index 1.33. it has a slit
separation of 1 10-3 m and the distance between the plane of slits and screen is 1.33m. The
slits are illuminated by a parallel beam of light whose wavelength in air is 630 nm. (i) calculate
the fringe width. (ii) one of the slits in the apparatus is covered with a thin glass sheet of
refractive index of 1.53. Find the smallest thickness of the sheet to bring the adjacent
minimum of the axes.
8. In a double-slit interference pattern at a point, we observe the 8 th bright fringe of wavelength
of 770 nm. What order will be visible here, if the source of light is replaced by wavelength of
473.8 nm?
9. In a Youngs experiment, the distance between the slit is 1 mm. the distance between the slits
and screen is 1m. The wavelength used is 589.3 nm. Compare the intensity at a point at a
distance of 1 mm from the center to that at its center. Also find the minimum distance from
the center of a point where the intensity is half of that at the center.
10.
In a Youngs experiment, fringes are produced using light of wavelength 480 nm. One
slit is covered by a thin plate of glass of refractive index 1.4 and the other slit by another plate
of glass of the same thickness but of refractive index 1.7. On doing so the central bright fringe
shift to the position originally occupied by the fifth bright fringe from the center. Find the
thickness of the plates.
11.
A monochromatic light of wavelength 500 nm is incident on two slits separated by a
distance of 50 mm. the interference pattern is seen on the screen places at a distance of 1m
from the slits. A thin glass plate of thickness 1500 mm and refractive index 1.5 is placed in the
path of one of the slits. Find the intensity at the center of the screen. Also, find the lateral shift
of the central fringe.

FRESENELS BIPRISM EXPERIMENT

1.

The distance between the slit and the biprism and between the biprism and the screen are
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50 cm each. The obtuse angle of the biprism is 179 and its refractive index is 1.5. If the
width of the fringes is 0.0135 cm, calculate the wavelength of light.

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In a biprism experiment, fringes are observed first with sodium light and fringe width
is measured as 0.347 mm. Then, two thin transparent sheets of thickness 0.16 mm and
0.02 mm and refractive indices 1.65 and 1.45, respectively, are introduced in two beams.
Calculate the shift of the fringes.
3. In a biprism experiment, fringes 0.0195 cm apart are observed at 100 cm from the slit.
On introducing a
convex lens 30 cm from the slit, two images of the slit are seen 0.7 cm apart, at a distance
100 cm from the slit.
Calculate the wavelength of light used.
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4. In a biprism experiment, the cross wire of the eye piece is set at the position of the 8 dark
band
when the source used has a wavelength of 636 nm. When the source is changed the cross
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wire is found to be in the position of (i) 8 bright band (ii) 9 dark band. Calculate the
wavelengths of source in each case.
5. A biprism arrangement is set with sodium light and in the field of view of the eye piece
62 fringes are observed. How many fringes will be get in the same field of view if we replace
the source by mercury lamp using green filter.
6.
Determine the wavelength of light used in Fresnels biprism experiment making use of
following data: Fringe-width = 0.201 mm, distance between the slits and the cross wires of
the eye piece = 73.44 cm, distance between the slit images when a convex lens is
used in two conjugate positions = 3.732 mm and 1.242 mm.
7. In a biprism experiment, at a certain position of the eye piece, the fringe width obtained is
0.2 mm. When the eye piece is moved away by 50 cm, the fringe width becomes 0.3 mm. If
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the distance between two sources is 3 cm, find the wavelength of light used. (6X10 m)
8.
When a thin monochromatic source of light was placed at a distance of 0.5 m from the
biprism of refractive index 1.5, the distance between two consecutive bands on the screen
placed at a distance of 1.0 m from the prism was found to be 0.12 mm. If the wavelength of
light was 589.3 nm, calculate the obtuse angle of the prism.
9. Fringes of 450 nm wavelength are observed through Fresnels biprism experiment. The
screen is
1.5 m away from the biprism and the fringe width is 0.25 mm. The refractive index of
the biprism is 1.5 and it is at a distance of 25 cm from the slit. Calculate the obtuse angle of
the biprism.
10. Mica and glass sheets are fixed on images of the slit having same thickness of 750 m, and
the
separation between the two images is 2.5 mm. The refractive index of mica is 1.58 and that
of glass is 1.5 for light of wavelength 600 nm. The interference pattern is observed at a
distance of 1.25 m from the source. Calculate the fringe width and optical path-diference.

THIN FILM INTERFERENCE

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1. If a parallel beam of light of wavelength 589.3 nm is incident at an angle of 45 on a glass

plate of refractive index 1.5,
calculate the smallest thickness of the glass plate for a fringe of minimum intensity.
2.
White light falls normally on a soap film of thickness 40 m. If the refractive index is 1.33,
which wavelength is
refected strongly?
3.
A beam of parallel rays falls on a transparent film of 39 m thickness and refractive index
1.55 at an angle of incidence
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of 60 . On examination of the film by refected light, a dark band corresponding to 589.3 nm
is found. Calculate the
order of interference of the dark band.
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4.
A 0.4 m thick soap film is viewed at an angle of 45 . If the refractive index of the soap
film is 1.33, calculate the
wavelength of light which will be absent from refected light in visible spectrum.
5. The refractive index of a soap film is 1.33 and it is illuminated by white light. In refected
pattern, two
consecutive dark fringes of wavelengths 550 nm and 540 nm are found. Calculate the
thickness of the film if the angle
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of incidence is 45 .
6. A drop of oil of volume 0.2 cc is dropped on a surface of a tank of water of area 1 sq. meter.
The film spreads uniformly
over the whole surface and white light which is incident normally, is observed through a
spectrometer. The spectrum is
seen to contain one dark band whose centre has wavelength 550 nm in air. Find the refractive
index of oil.
7. A man whose eyes are 150 cm above the oil film on water surface observes greenish colour at
a distance of 100 cm
from his feet. Calculate the thickness of the film. (wavelength of green light = 500 nm,
refractive index of oil = 1.4)
8. Two glass plates enclose a wedge shaped air film, touching one edge and separated by a wire
of
0.05 mm diameter at a distance of 15 cm from that edge. Calculate the fringe
width. Monochromatic light
of wavelength 600 nm from a broad source falls normally on the film
9. Using light of wavelength 590 nm, it is found that in a film of air, 7.4 fringes occur between
two points for light incident
normally on the surface. Deduce the diference in the film thickness between these points.
10. Light of wavelength 500 nm is incident on a glass plate of refractive index 1.5 at an angle of
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30 . If the angle of the
wedge is 30 seconds, find the number of fringes that will appear over the distance of 2 cm
of the film.
11. Two optically active plane glass strips of length 10 cm are placed one over the other. A thin
foil of thickness 0.010
mm is introduced between the plates at one end to form an air film. If the light used has a
wavelength of 590 nm,
find the separation between consecutive bright fringes.

NEWTONS RINGS
1.

In Newtons rings experiment, a plano-convex lens having a 3 m radius of curvature is

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placed on an optically fat glass plate, illuminated by monochromatic light. The diameter of 8
dark ring in transmitted system is 7.2 mm. Calculate the wavelength of light.

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2.
In Newtons rings experiment, the diameter of 5 and 15 rings was found to be 3.3 mm
and
5.9 mm respectively. Calculate the radius of curvature of plano-convex lens if the source of
light is sodium lamp.
3. In Newtons rings experiment, find the radius of curvature of the lens surface in contact with
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the plane glass surface when illuminated with sodium light. The diameter of the 3 dark ring
is 3.2 mm. The light is falling at such an angle that it passes through the air film at an angle
of zero degree to the normal.
4. Newtons rings are formed by refected light of 589.3 nm wavelength with a liquid between
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the plane and curved surface. If the diameter of 5 bright ring is 3 mm and the radius of
curvature of curved surface is 1 m, calculate the refractive index of the liquid.
5. Light containing wavelengths 1 and 2 falls normally on a plano-convex lens of radius of
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curvature R resting on a glass plate. If n dark ring due to wavelength 1 coincides with
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(n+1) dark ring due to wavelength 2, prove that the radius of n dark ring of 1 is (1
1/2
1R/( 1- 2))
6.
A convex surface of radius 2 m of a plano-convex lens is placed on a concave spherical
surface of
radius 3 m and Newtons rings are viewed with refected light of wavelength 600nm. Find
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the diameter of 8 ring.
7. Monochromatic light with a wavelength of 648 nm shines down on a planoconvex lens atop
a plate glass. Newton's rings are seen when viewed from a superior position. (a) radius of
the
12th dark ring is 1.56cm. What is the radius of curvature of the lens? (b) Change the light
to a greater wavelength; will the 12th ring be in the same position?
8.
A plano concave lens rests on a fat glass plate. The thickness between the concave
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portion of the lens and glass plate is 1.37*10 m. The lens is illuminated with
monochromatic light of the wavelength 550nm, and a series of concentric bright and dark
rings is formed, much like Newton's rings. How many bright rings are there?
9. Newton's rings that are formed by sodium light between the fat glass plate and concave
lens are viewed normally from above. What will be the order of the dark ring which will have
double diameter of that of 40th dark ring?

Single slit, Circular aperture and Double

Slit Difraction
1. Light of wavelength 6 X 10

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cm falls on a screen at a distance of 100 cm from a narrow slit.

Find the width of the slit if

the first minima lie 1 mm on either side of the central maximum.
(0.06 cm)
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2. Light of wavelength 550 nm falls on a slit of width 22.0 X 10
cm. Calculate the angular
position of first two minima on
either side of central maximum.
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3. In Fraunhoffer difraction, a slit of width 0.7 cm is illuminated by light of wavelength 500 nm.
Calculate the distance
between first minima and next maxima from the axis, if the diffraction pattern is formed by a
lens of focal length 50 cm.
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(1.78 X 10 )
4. The single slit of width 0.25 cm is used to obtain a diffraction pattern at 80 cm distant screen
from the slit. Find out the
nd
distance between 2
dark and next bright fringe on the axes. If the wavelength of light used is
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589 nm. 0.94 X 10
cm)
5. In an arrangement for Fraunhoffer diffraction we use a slit of width 0.2 mm and the first
minimum is at 5 cm on either

side of central maximum. If the distance between the lens and the screen is 2 m, calculate the
wavelength of light.
(500
nm)
6. A single slit is illuminated by light containing two wavelengths 1 and 2. It is observed that the
first minima due to 1
coincide with second minima due to 2. Find out the relation between 1 and 2.
(1 = 2 2)
7. A single slit of width 0.14 mm is illuminated normally by a monochromatic light and difraction
bands are observed on a
screen 2 m away. If the centre of second dark band is 1.6 cm from the middle of the central
bright band, deduce the
wavelength of light.
(560 nm)
8. A circular aperture of diameter 10 m is placed in front of a lens of focal length 1 m. if the
aperture is illuminated by a
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light of wavelength 5 X 10
cm incident normally to the aperture, calculate the distance
between the central maximum
and first dark ring.
(5
cm)
9. In a double slit Fraunhoffer diffraction pattern, the screen is placed 170 cm away from the slits.
The width of slits is 0.08
mm and they are 0.4 mm apart. Calculate the wavelength of light if the fringe width is 0.25
cm. Also find the missing
orders.
( = 705.9 nm, n = 6, 12,
18,..)
10. What requirements must be met for central maximum of the difraction envelop of the double
slit pattern to contain
exactly nine interference fringes?
(b
= 4a)
11. In a double slit experiment, each slit has a width of 0.02 mm and the distance between the
slits is 0.10 mm. Mercury
blue light of wavelength 435.8 nm, obtained using a filter, is incident normally on the slits.
Calculate (a) the fringe
spacing and (b) the linear distance from the central maxima to first minimum if the pattern is
formed on a screen 60 cm
away from the slits.
(2.6 X
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10
m, 5)
12. Two parallel slits having width 0.19 mm and are separated by 0.41 mm. The slits are
illuminated by lught of wavelength
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650 nm, the diffracted light is focused at a distance of 120 cm. Calculate positions of 1
secondary maxima and minima.
(0.065 cm, 0.13 cm)