SVC.
Worksheet:-Wave optics
1-Young’s double slit experiment, the two slits 0.12 mm apart are illuminated by monochromatic light of
wavelength 420 nm. The screen is 1.0 m away from the slits.
(a) Find the distance of the second
(i) bright fringe,
(ii) dark fringe from the central maximum.
(b) How will the fringe pattern change if the screen is moved away from the slits?
2-In young’s double slit experiment how is the fringe width change when
(a) Light of smaller frequency is used
(b) Distance between the slits is decreased?
3-Two coherent sources whose intensity ratio is 81:1 produce interference [Link] the ratio of
intensity of maxima and minima in the interference pattern?
4-In a double slit experiment using light of wavelength 600 nm, the angular width of the fringe formed on a
distant screen is 0.1°. Find the spacing between the two slits.
5-A slit of width ‘a’ is illuminated by light of wavelength 6000 A°. For what value
of ‘a’ will the :-
(i) First maximum fall at an angle of diffraction of 30°?
(ii) First minimum fall at an angle of diffraction 30°?
6-The ratio of the widths of two slits in Young’s double slit experiment is 4 : 1. Evaluate the ratio of intensities
at maxima and minima in the interference pattern
7-What two main changes in the diffraction pattern of the single slit will you observe when the
monochromatic source of light is replaced by a source of white light.
8-The ratio of intensity of two waves is given by 4:1. Then ratio of amplitudes of two waves is
9-(a) In a Young’s double slit experiment, the two slits are illuminated by two different lamps having same
wavelength of light. Explain with reason, whether interference pattern will be observed on the screen or not.
(b) Light waves from two coherent sources arrive at two points on a screen with path differences of 0 and A/2.
Find the ratio of intensities at the points
10-(a) Write two characteristic features distinguishing the diffraction pattern from the interference fringes
obtained in Young’s double slit experiment.
(b) Two wavelengths of sodium light 590 nm and 596 nm are used, in turn, to study the diffraction taking place
due to a single slit of aperture 1 × 10-4 m. The distance between the slit and the screen is 1.8 m. Calculate the
separation between the positions of the first maxima of the diffraction pattern obtained in the two cases.
Q-1 In a Young’s double-slit experiment, the slits are separated by 0.28 mm and the screen is placed 1.4 m
away. The distance between the central bright fringe and the fourth bright fringe is measured to be 1.2 cm.
Determine the wavelength of light used in the experiment.
Q-2 In Young’s double-slit experiment using monochromatic light of wavelength λ, the intensity of light at a
point on the screen where path difference is λ, is K units. What is the intensity of light at a point where path
difference is λ/3?
Q-3 Yellow light ( = 6000 Å) illuminates a single slit of 1x10-4 m. Calculate the distance between two dark lines
on either side to the central maximum, when the diffraction pattern is viewed on a screen kept 1.5 m away
from the slit.
Q-4 Draw the intensity pattern for single slit diffraction and double slit interference. Hence, state two
differences between interference and diffraction patterns
Q-5 Why is the diffraction of sound waves more evident in daily experience than that of light wave?
Q-6 In a single diffraction pattern observed on a screen placed at D m distance from the slit of width d m, the
ratio of the width of the central maxima to the width of other secondary maxima is
Q-7 In diffraction from a single slit the angular width of the central maxima does not depends on (a) A of light
used (b) width of slit (c) distance of slits from the screen D (d) ratio of wavelength and slit width.
Q-8 The ratio of maximum and minimum intensities of two sources is 4: 1. The ratio of their amplitudes is
(a) 1:81 (b)3:1 (c) 1:9 (d) 1: 16
Q-9 The interference is produced by two waves of intensity ratio 16:9. The ratio of maximum and minimum
intensities in interference pattern is
(a) 49:1 (b) 256:81 (c) 4:3 (d) 25:7
Q-10 In Young's double slit experiment, distance between slits in kept 1 mm and a screen is kept 1 m apart
from slits. If wavelength of light used is 500 nm, then fringe spacing is
(a) 0.5 mm (b) 0.5 cm (c) 0.25 mm (d) 0.25 cm
Q-11 In a Young's double-slit experiment, the source is white light. One of the holes is covered by a red filter
and another by a blue filter. In this case, (a) there shall be alternate interference patterns of red and blue (b)
there shall be an interference pattern for red distinct from that for blue (c) there shall be no interference
fringes (d) there shall be an interference pattern for red mixing with one for blue
Q-12 How will the fringe pattern change, if the screen is moved away from the slits?