YDSE: Film, Medium & Two Wavelengths
In Young's double slit experiment performed using a monochromatic light of wavelength , when a glass plate ( = 1.5) of thickness x is introduced in the path of the one of the interfering beams, the intensity at the position where the central maximum occurred previously remains unchanged. The value of x will be:
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Answer: (b)
- A plate adds an extra path to one beam.
- Intensity at the old central point is unchanged if .
- Smallest non-zero value: . So the answer is (b) 2.