JEE Advanced 2016Paper 2
- Exam
- JEE Advanced
- Year
- 2016
- Paper
- Paper 2
- Subject
- Physics
- Chapter
- Wave Optics
JEE Advanced 2016 · Paper 2 · Physics · Wave Optics
While conducting the Young's double slit experiment, a student...
While conducting the Young's double slit experiment, a student replaced the two slits with a large opaque plate in the x-y plane containing two small holes that act as two coherent point sources emitting light of wavelength 600 nm. The student mistakenly placed the screen parallel to the x-z plane (for z > 0) at a distance D = 3m from the mid-point of , as shown schematically in the figure. The distance between the sources d = 0.6003 mm. The origin O is at the intersection of the screen and the line joining . Which of the following is (are) true of the intensity pattern on the screen?
Options
- AHyperbolic bright and dark bands with foci symmetrically placed about O in the x-direction
- BSemi circular bright and dark bands centered at point O
- CThe region very close to the point O will be dark
- DStraight bright and dark bands parallel to the x-axis
Correct answer
B. Semi circular bright and dark bands centered at point O
Step-by-step solution
Path difference at point O = d = .6003 mm = 600300 nm
minima form at point O
Line and screen are to each other so fringe pattern is circular (semi-circular because only half of screen is available)