Optics 6 Question 53
55. A double slit apparatus is immersed in a liquid of refractive index 1.33. It has slit separation of and distance between the plane of slits and screen is . The slits are illuminated by a parallel beam of light whose wavelength in air is .
(a) Calculate the fringe width.
(b) One of the slits of the apparatus is covered by a thin glass sheet of refractive index 1.53. Find the smallest thickness of the sheet to bring the adjacent minimum as the axis.
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Answer:
Correct Answer: 55. (a)
Solution:
- Given,
,
(a) Wavelength of light in the given liquid :
(b) Let
Now, for the intensity to be minimum at