YDSE: Film, Medium & Two Wavelengths
As shown in the figure, in Young's double slit experiment, a thin plate of thickness and refractive index is inserted in front of slit . The experiment is conducted in air and uses a monochromatic light of wavelength . Due to the insertion of the plate, central maxima is shifted by a distance of is the fringe-width before the insertion of the plate. The value of the is _____________.

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Answer: 4
- Number of fringes shifted .
- So .