JEE Advanced · Physics · 25. Wave Optics
While conducting the Young's double slit experiment, a student replaced the two slits with a large opaque plate in the x-y plane containing two small holes that act as two coherent point sources emitting light of wavelength 600 nm. The student mistakenly placed the screen parallel to the x-z plane (for z > 0) at a distance D = 3m from the mid-point of , as shown schematically in the figure. The distance between the sources d = 0.6003 mm. The origin O is at the intersection of the screen and the line joining . Which of the following is (are) true of the intensity pattern on the screen?

- A Hyperbolic bright and dark bands with foci symmetrically placed about O in the x-direction
- B Semi circular bright and dark bands centered at point O
- C The region very close to the point O will be dark
- D Straight bright and dark bands parallel to the x-axis
Answer & Solution
Correct Answer
(C) The region very close to the point O will be dark
Step-by-step Solution
Detailed explanation

Path difference at point O = d = .6003 mm = 600300 nm
minima form at point O
Line and screen are to each other so fringe pattern is circular (semi-circular because only half of screen is available)
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