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In Young’s double slit experiment, if the separation between coherent sources is halved and the distance of the screen from the coherent sources is doubled, then the fringe width becomes:
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Options:
  • A half
  • B four times
  • C one-fourth
  • D double
Solution:
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The correct answer is: four times

β=λDd

β'=λD'd'

D'=2D,d'=d2

β'=λ×2Dd2=4λDd

β'=4β

Fringe width becomes 4 times.

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