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Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Physics

Chapter

Wave Optics

Question:

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

Options:

1 mm

1.2 mm

1.5 mm

1.63 mm

Correct Answer:

1 mm

Explanation:

$β=\frac{λD}{d}$ and $β'=\frac{λD'}{d}$

$∴β-β'=\frac{λ(D-D')}{d}$

or $d=\frac{λ(D-D')}{(β-β')}$

$=\frac{6000×10^{-10}×5×10^{-2}}{3×10^{-5}}m=10^{-3}m=1mm$