Wave Optics
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A ring of radius 3 cm has a soap film which is getting evaporated. Light of wavelength \(\lambda=580 \mathrm{~nm}\) gives minimum transmission every 12 s . Find the rate of evaporation. (Refractive index=1.45)(Shift - II Memory Based)
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A Young's double-slit experimental set up is kept in a medium of refractive index . Which maximum in this case will coincide with the maximum obtained if the medium is replaced by air?
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A glass slab of refractive index is coated with a thin film of refractive index . The minimum thickness of the film, so that maximum transmission of green light of wavelength λ = 5000A˚ (incident normally) takes place, is:
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In a Young's Double Slit Experiment (YDSE), for a wavelength , the 10th bright fringe is observed at a distance of 10 mm from the central maximum.For a new wavelength , what will be the distance of the 10th bright fringe from the central maximum?
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A ring of radius 3 cm has a soap film which is getting evaporated. Light of wavelength \(\lambda=580 \mathrm{~nm}\) gives minimum transmission every 12 s . Find the rate of evaporation. (Refractive index=1.45)(Shift - II Memory Based)
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The width of one of the two slits in Young's double slit experiment is d while that of the other slit is . If the ratio of the maximum to the minimum intensity in the interference pattern on the screen is then what is the value of ?
(Assume that the field strength varies according to the slit width.)
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The width of one of the two slits in Young's double slit experiment is d while that of the other slit is . If the ratio of the maximum to the minimum intensity in the interference pattern on the screen is then what is the value of ?
(Assume that the field strength varies according to the slit width.)
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In a Young's double-slit experiment, the fringe width is found to be \(\beta\). If the entire apparatus is immersed in a liquid of refractive index \(\mu\), the new fringe width will be :
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A plane wavefront is incident on a concave mirror of radius of curvature \(\mathrm{R}\). The radius of the refracted wavefront will be :
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Two slits in Young's double slit experiment are apart and the screen is placed at a distance of from the slits. If the wavelength of light used is then the fringe separation is :
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If the monochromatic source in Young's double slit experiment is replaced by white light, then
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The Young's double slit interference experiment is performed using light consisting of 480 nm and 600 nm wavelengths to form interference patterns. The least number of the bright fringes of 480 nm light that are required for the first coincidence with the bright fringes formed by 600 nm light is
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Light emerges out of a convex lens when a source of light kept at its focus. The shape of wavefront of the light is :
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A glass slab of refractive index is coated with a thin film of refractive index . The minimum thickness of the film, so that maximum transmission of green light of wavelength λ = 5000A˚ (incident normally) takes place, is:
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The Young's double slit interference experiment is performed using light consisting of 480 nm and 600 nm wavelengths to form interference patterns. The least number of the bright fringes of 480 nm light that are required for the first coincidence with the bright fringes formed by 600 nm light is
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A Young's double-slit experimental set up is kept in a medium of refractive index . Which maximum in this case will coincide with the maximum obtained if the medium is replaced by air?
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Young's double slit inteference apparatus is immersed in a liquid of refractive index 1.44. It has slit separation of 1.5 mm. The slits are illuminated by a parallel beam of light whose wavelength in air is 690 nm. The fringe-width on a screen placed behind the plane of slits at a distance of 0.72 m, will be :
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A Young's double-slit experimental set up is kept in a medium of refractive index . Which maximum in this case will coincide with the maximum obtained if the medium is replaced by air?
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When unpolarized light is incident at an angle of \(60^{\circ}\) on a transparent medium from air, the reflected ray is completely polarized. The angle of refraction in the medium is:
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A Young's double-slit experimental set up is kept in a medium of refractive index . Which maximum in this case will coincide with the maximum obtained if the medium is replaced by air?
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