A beam of light consisting of two wavelengths, 650nm and 520nm, is used to obtain interference fringes in a Young's double-slit experiment.(a) Find the distance of the third bright fringe on the screen from the central maximum for wavelength 650nm.(b) What is the least distance from the central maximum where the bright fringes due to both the wavelengths coincide? The distance between the two slits is 0.28mm and the screen is at a distance of 1.4m from the slits.
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Given
The wavelength of the light is λ1=650nm
The wavelength of seond light,λ2=520nm
Distance between the slit and the screen is 1.4m.
Distance between the slits is 0.28mm.
(a)
The relation between the nth bright fringe and the width of fringe is:
x=nλ1dD
For third bright fringe, n=3
x=3×6500.28×10−31.4=1950×5×103nm
x=9.75×10−3m
=9.75mm
(b)
We can consider that nth bright frind of λ2 and the (n−1)th bright fringe of wavelength λ1 coincide with each other.
nλ2=(n−1)λ1
520n=650n−650
650=130n
n=5
therefore, the least distance from the central maximum can be obtained as: