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Two coherent sources of light interfere and produce fringe patterns on a screen. For central maximum, the phase difference between the two waves will be
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Options:
  • A zero
  • B π
  • C 3π2
  • D π2
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The correct answer is: zero
For central maximum, path difference is zero hence phase difference for coherent sources of light will be zero. And the relation between phase difference and path difference is, ϕ=2πλx, where Δx is path difference and ϕ is phase difference. So due to zero path difference phase difference is also zero. 

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