JEE Main 202429 JanuaryEvening Shift
- Exam
- JEE Main
- Year
- 2024
- Date
- 29 January
- Shift
- Evening Shift
- Subject
- Physics
- Chapter
- Wave Optics
JEE Main 2024 · 29 January · Evening Shift · Physics · Wave Optics
In Young's double slit experiment, light from two identical sources...
In Young's double slit experiment, light from two identical sources are superimposing on a screen. The path difference between the two lights reaching at a point on the screen is . The ratio of intensity of fringe at this point with respect to the maximum intensity of the fringe is:
Options
- A
- B
- C
- D
Correct answer
A.
Step-by-step solution
Given the path difference is
Hence, the phase difference can be found as follows:
The formula to calculate the intensity is given by
I = {I}_\max\cos^{2}\left(\dfrac{ϕ}{2}\right) . . . \left(1\right)
From equation (1), it follows that
\begin{cases}\dfrac{I}{{I}_\max} & = & \cos^{2}\left(\dfrac{ϕ}{2}\right) \\ & = & \cos^{2}\left(\dfrac{7\pi}{2 \times 2}\right) \\ & = & \cos^{2}\left(\dfrac{7\pi}{4}\right) \\ & = & \cos^{2}\left(2\pi - \dfrac{\pi}{4}\right) \\ & = & \cos^{2}\dfrac{\pi}{4} \\ & = & \dfrac{1}{2}\end{cases}