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Newton's Rings: Definition and Overview

When a plano-convex lens is placed on a glass plate, an air film forms between them that is thicker at the edges than at the center. Light reflected from this film produces concentric bright and dark rings around the point of contact, known as Newton's Rings. Monochromatic light produces solid color rings, while white light produces colored fringes. The experiment works by light reflecting and refracting at the upper and lower film surfaces, with the reflected rays interfering constructively or destructively when viewed through a microscope.

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Newton's Rings: Definition and Overview

When a plano-convex lens is placed on a glass plate, an air film forms between them that is thicker at the edges than at the center. Light reflected from this film produces concentric bright and dark rings around the point of contact, known as Newton's Rings. Monochromatic light produces solid color rings, while white light produces colored fringes. The experiment works by light reflecting and refracting at the upper and lower film surfaces, with the reflected rays interfering constructively or destructively when viewed through a microscope.

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NEWTONS RING

INTRODUCTION

• When a plano-convex lens with its convex surface is placed on a


plane glass plate, an air film of gradually increasing thickness is
formed between the lens and the glass plate. The thickness of the air
film is almost zero at the point of contact O and gradually increases
as one proceeds towards the periphery of the lens. If monochromatic
light is allowed to fall normally on the lens, and the film is viewed in
reflected light, alternate bright and dark concentric rings are seen
around the point of contact. These rings were first discovered by Sir
Isaac Newton, hence named as Newton's Rings. If it is viewed with
the white light then coloured fringes are obtained. The experimental
arrangement of the Newton’s Ring apparatus is shown in figure 1.
: Experimental arrangement of the Newton’s
Ring apparatus

• A parallel beam of monochromatic light is reflected towards the lens


L. Consider a beam of monochromatic light strikes normally on the
upper surface of the air film. The beam gets partly reflected and
partly refracted. The refracted beam in the air film is also reflected
partly at the lower surface of the film. The two reflected rays, i.e.
produced at the upper and lower surface of the film, are coherent
and interfere constructively or destructively. When the light
reflected upwards is observed through microscope M which is focused
on the glass plate, a pattern of dark and bright concentric rings are
observed from the point of contact O. These concentric rings are
known as Newton's Rings.
Experimental arrangement of the Newton’s
Ring apparatus
DIAMETER OF NEWTON’S
RING
Diameter of Bright Rings:

• Consider a ring of radius r due to thickness t of air film as shown in


the figure 2.
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