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Two slits spaced 0.450 mm apart are placed 75.0 cm from a screen. What is the distance between the second and third dark lines of the interference pattern on the screen when the slits are illuminated with coherent light with a wavelength of 500 nm?

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The distance between the second and third dark lines of interference pattern is 0.83mm.

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01

Given Data

Wavelength emitted: 500nm

Distance between slit and screen: 75.0cm

Distance between slits: 0.45mm

02

(a) Concept of Young’s double-slit experiment.

The redistribution of the intensity of light is when lights from two coherent sources having the same phase are superimposed on each other. This phenomenon is called interference of light.

The expression of the location of dark bands here is,

»å²õ¾±²Ôθ=(m+12)λ²õ¾±²Ôθ=(m+12)λd,m=0,±1,±2,... ...(i)

Here, λ is the wavelength, m is the order of the fringe, θis the angular separation of fringe from the center of the central fringe, and d is the sli

03

 

The first dark line is for m = 0,

The second dark line is for m = 1,

sinθ1=3λ2d=3500×10-9m20.450×10-3m=1.667×10-3rad

The third dark line is for m = 2,

sinθ2=5λ2d=3500×10-9m20.450×10-3=2.778×10-3

Each dark line is at a distance from the centre of the central bright, the expression of the distance,

ym=¸é³Ù²¹²Ôθ

Where R = 0.850 m is the distance between the screen and the slits.

For small values ofθ,ym=¸éθm,

role="math" localid="1663936712432" y1=Rθ1=0.750ml2.778×10-3rad=1.25×10-3m

y2=Rθ2=0.750ml2.778×10-3rad=2.08×10-3m

∆y=y2-y1=2.08×10-3m-1.25×10-3=0.83mm

Thus, the distance between the two slits 0.83mm.

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