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In Young's double slit experiment, the screen is kept 1.6 m from the slits. The coherent sources are 0.032 cm apart and fringes are observed on the screen. It is found that with a certain monochromatic source of light, the fourth bright fringe is situated at a distance of 1.06 cm from the central fringe. The wavelength of the light used is
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Options:
  • A 530 nm
  • B 265 nm
  • C 1060 nm
  • D 132.5 nm
Solution:
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The correct answer is: 530 nm


For maxima Δx=nλ

dyD=nλ

For n=4

λ=dy4D

=0.032×10-2×1.06×10-24×1.6

=530 nm

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