Home
Class 12
PHYSICS
A Young's double slit experiment uses a ...

A Young's double slit experiment uses a monochromatic source. The shape of the interference fringes formed on a screen is

A

Straight line

B

Parabola

C

Hyperbola

D

Circle

Text Solution

Verified by Experts

The correct Answer is:
C

The interference fringes for two slis are hyperbolic.
Promotional Banner

Topper's Solved these Questions

  • MAJOR TEST 7

    NEET MAJOR TEST (COACHING)|Exercise PHYSICS|45 Videos
  • MAJOR TEST 9

    NEET MAJOR TEST (COACHING)|Exercise PHYSICS|44 Videos

Similar Questions

Explore conceptually related problems

In Young's double-slit experiment, the slit are 0.5 mm apart and the interference is observed on a screen at a distance of 100 cm from the slits, It is found that the ninth bright fringe is at a distance of 7.5 mm from the second dark fringe from the center of the fringe pattern. The wavelength of the light used is

In a Young's double slit experiment, the central point on the screen is

In Young's double slit experiment the two slits are d distance apart. Interference pattern is observed on a screen at a distance D from the slits. A dark fringe is observed on the screen directly opposite to one of the slits. The wavelength of light is

In Young's double-slit experiment, if yellow light is replaced by blue light, the interference fringes become

In Young's doube slit experiment, what is the effect of following operations on interference fringes : (i) The screen is moved away from the plane of the slits. (ii) The monochromatic source is replaced by another monochromatic source of smaller wavelength. (iii) The monochromatic source is replaced by a source of white light. (iv) The width of the source slit is made wider (v) The separation between the two slits is increased. (vi) The distance between the source slit and the plane of the two slits is increased. (vii) The width of each of the two slits is of the order of wavelength of light source.

In Young's double slit experiment the slits are 0.5 mm apart and interference is observed on a screen placed at a distance of 100 cm from the slits. It is found that the 9^(th) bright fringe is at a distance of 8.835 mm from the second dark fringe from the centre of the fringe pattern. Find the wavelength of light used.

What is the effect on the interference fringes in Young's double slit experiment when the monochromatic source is replaced by a source of white light?

In Young's double slit experiment, the interference bright fringes are of:

In a young's double slit experiment, slits are illuminated by a monochromatic source of wavelength 6000Å and fringes are obtained. If screen is moved by a distance of 5 cm towards slits, change in fringe width is 3 xx 10^(-5) m . Then separation between the slits will be :

NEET MAJOR TEST (COACHING)-MAJOR TEST 8-PHYSICS
  1. A spherical liquid drop of radius R is divided into eight equal drople...

    Text Solution

    |

  2. N moles of an ideal diatomic gas are in a cylinder at temperature T. s...

    Text Solution

    |

  3. A Young's double slit experiment uses a monochromatic source. The shap...

    Text Solution

    |

  4. A mass M is suspended by a rope from a rigid support at A as shown in ...

    Text Solution

    |

  5. In moon rock sample the ratio of the number of stable argon-40 atoms p...

    Text Solution

    |

  6. Voltage V v/s I graph is shown in the figure.

    Text Solution

    |

  7. The sum of the magnitudes of two forces acting at a point is 18 and th...

    Text Solution

    |

  8. Ge and Si diodes conduct at 0.3 V and 0.7 V respectively. In the follo...

    Text Solution

    |

  9. Steam at 100^(@)C is added slowly to 1400 gm of water at 16^(@)C until...

    Text Solution

    |

  10. A person is suffering from myopic defect. He is able to see clear obje...

    Text Solution

    |

  11. A 1kg stone at the end of 1m long string is whirled in a vertical circ...

    Text Solution

    |

  12. In given LCR circuit, the voltage across the terminals of a resistance...

    Text Solution

    |

  13. The critical angle of a certain medium is sin ^(-1)((3)/(5)). The pola...

    Text Solution

    |

  14. PN-junction diode works as a insulator, if connected

    Text Solution

    |

  15. The capacity of a vessel is 3 L. It contains 6 g oxygen, 8 g nitrogen ...

    Text Solution

    |

  16. A uniform disc of mass M and radius R is mounted on an axle supported ...

    Text Solution

    |

  17. A particle is projected from gound At a height of 0.4 m from the groun...

    Text Solution

    |

  18. coil of 1 turns made by a constant length current carrying wire. If nu...

    Text Solution

    |

  19. The number density of conduction electrons in a copper conductor is 8....

    Text Solution

    |

  20. A Force F acting on an object varies with distance x as shown in the h...

    Text Solution

    |