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A two-slit Young's interference experiment is done with monochromatic light of wavelength 6000 A. These slits are 2 mm apart. The fringes are observed on a screen placed 10 cm away from the slits. A transparent plate of thickness of 0.5 mm is placed in front of one of the slits. It is found that the interference pattern shifts by 5 mm. What is the refractive index of the transparent plate?

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Options:
  • A 1.2
  • B 1.5
  • C 1.8
  • D 43
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The correct answer is: 1.2
Shift = μ - 1 tD d

5 × 1 0 - 3 = μ - 1 × 0.5 × 1 0 - 3 × 1 0 × 1 0 - 2 2 × 1 0 - 3

⇒    μ - 1 = 1 5

⇒    μ = 6 5 = 1.2

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