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Superposition, Coherence & Intensity question from MHT CET 2024 (2 May, Shift 1)

Q36MHT CET 2024 · 2 MAY · SHIFT 1Easy

Superposition, Coherence & Intensity

In a Young's double slit experiment, the source is white light. One of the holes is covered by a red filter and another by a blue filter. In this case

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Answer: (c)

  1. Interference needs coherent waves of the same frequency.
  2. Red light from one slit and blue light from the other have different frequencies, so they are not coherent.
  3. No sustained interference pattern forms, so the answer is (c).
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