KCET2009PhysicsWave Optics
Young's double slit experiment gives interference fringes of width 0.3 ~mm . A thin glass plate made of material of refractive index 1.5 is kept in the path of light from one of the slits, then the fringe width becomes
Options
- Azero
- B0.3 ~mm
- C0.45 ~mm
- D0.15 ~mm
Correct answer
B. 0.3 ~mm
Step-by-step solution
When a this glass plate of thickness t and refractive index is introduced in one of the paths of the interfering waves then the path increases by ( -1) t and the whole pattern shifts by y ₀= D d ( -1) t Shifting is towards the side in which the plate is introduced without any change in fringe width. Therefore, when a glass plate of refractive index 1.5 is kept in the path of light from one of the slits, only the fringes get shifted but the fringe width remains unchanged.