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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 S1, S2 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 S1, S2 , 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 S1, S2 . Which of the following is (are) true of the intensity pattern on the screen?

  1. A Hyperbolic bright and dark bands with foci symmetrically placed about O in the x-direction
  2. B Semi circular bright and dark bands centered at point O
  3. C The region very close to the point O will be dark
  4. D Straight bright and dark bands parallel to the x-axis
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(C) The region very close to the point O will be dark

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Path difference at point O = d = .6003 mm = 600300 nm
=20012600nm=1000λ+λ2
minima form at point O
Line S1 S2 and screen are to each other so fringe pattern is circular (semi-circular because only half of screen is available)
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