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In Young's double slit experiment, the amplitudes of the two waves incident on the two slits are and . If is the maximum intensity, then the intensity at a spot on the screen, where the phase difference between the two interfering waves is .
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Resultant intensity when two waves with phase difference interfere is
As, intensity or
where constant and is amplitude.
So,
Here, and
........(i)
Intensity is maximum
when
.......(ii)
So, resultant intensity,
[From Eqs. (i) and (ii)]
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