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Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Physics

Chapter

Wave Optics

Question:

In Young's double slits experiment, the light has a frequency 12 × 1014 Hz and the distance between the centers of adjacent fringes is 0.8 mm. If the screen is 1.6 m away, what is the distance between the slits? (Take speed of light 3 × 108 m s-1)

Options:

5.00 × 10-4 m

5.92 × 10-4 m

2.00 × 10-4 m

1.25 × 10-4 m

Correct Answer:

5.00 × 10-4 m

Explanation:

$ \lambda = \frac{c}{\nu} = \frac{3\times 10^8}{12\times 10^14} = 250nm$

$ \beta = \frac{\lambda D}{d} \Rightarrow d = \frac{\lambda D}{\beta} = 5\times 10^{-4}$