Home
Class 11
PHYSICS
The contrast in the fringes in any inter...

The contrast in the fringes in any interference pattern depends on:

A

fringe width

B

wavelength

C

intensity ratio of the sources

D

distance between the source

Text Solution

Verified by Experts

The correct Answer is:
C

contrast indicates the ratio of maximum possible intensity on screen to the minima possible intensity.
As `(I_(max))/(I_(min))=(sqrt(I_(1))+sqrt(I_(2)))^(2)/((sqrt(I_(1))-sqrt(I_(2)))^(2))`
So it only depends on the source intensity
Promotional Banner

Topper's Solved these Questions

  • UNITS, DIMENSION & MEASUREMENT

    RESONANCE|Exercise Exercise|27 Videos
  • WORK POWER AND ENERGY

    RESONANCE|Exercise Exercise|37 Videos

Similar Questions

Explore conceptually related problems

The contrast in the fringes in an interference pattern depends on

Assertion : The fringe closest on either side of the central white fringe in case of interference pattern due to white light is red and the farthest appears blue. Reason : The interference patterns due to different component colours of white light overlap.

In the interference pattern, energy is

Two monochromatic sources of light A and B of wavelengths 5500 Å and 4400 Å respectively are used simultanesouly to produce interference bands on a screen. Which orders of the fringes in the two interference patterns will coincide?

The central fringe of the interference pattern produced by the light of wavelength 6000 Å is found to shift to the position of 4th dark fringe after a glass sheet of refractive index 1.5 is introduced. The thickness of glass sheet would be

(a) If one of two identical slits producing interference in Young's experiment is covered with glass so that the light intensity passing through it is reduced to 50%, find the ratio of the maximu and minimum intensity of the fringe in the interference pattern. (b) What kind of fringes do you expect to observe if white light is used instead of monochromatic light ?

RESONANCE-WAVE OPTICS-Exercise
  1. The ratio of intensities of two waves are given by 4:1. The ratio of t...

    Text Solution

    |

  2. Two coherent monochromatic light beams of intensities I and 4I are sup...

    Text Solution

    |

  3. The contrast in the fringes in any interference pattern depends on:

    Text Solution

    |

  4. Young's experiment is performed in air and then performed in water, th...

    Text Solution

    |

  5. The Young's double slit experiment is performed with blue light and gr...

    Text Solution

    |

  6. A light ray incidents on water (n=4/3) surface from air and reflected ...

    Text Solution

    |

  7. In a Fresnel biprism experiment, the two positions of lens give separa...

    Text Solution

    |

  8. The ratio of diameters of fourth and ninth half period zones is:

    Text Solution

    |

  9. Sound waves do not exhibit-

    Text Solution

    |

  10. The maximum number of possible interference maxima for slit-separation...

    Text Solution

    |

  11. Calculate the width of central maxima, if light of 9000Å incidents upo...

    Text Solution

    |

  12. Two slits at a distance of 1mm are illuminated by a light of wavelengt...

    Text Solution

    |

  13. A parallel beam of monochromatic light is used in a Young's double sli...

    Text Solution

    |

  14. Which of the following statement is correct

    Text Solution

    |

  15. A single slit of width 0.1mm is illuminated by parallel light of wavel...

    Text Solution

    |

  16. A light wave of frequency 5xx10^14 Hz enters a medium of refractive in...

    Text Solution

    |

  17. If one of the slit of a standard Young's double slit experiment is cov...

    Text Solution

    |

  18. A Young's double slit experiment is performed with white light.

    Text Solution

    |

  19. A parallel beam of light (lambda= 5000 Å) is incident at an angle thet...

    Text Solution

    |

  20. Statement I: Two coherent point sources of light having no-zero phase ...

    Text Solution

    |