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JEE Mains · Physics · STD 12 - 10. Wave optics

In a Young's double slit experiment, the source is white light. One of the slits is covered by red filter and another by a green filter. In this case...

  1. A There shall be an interference pattern for red distinct from that for green.
  2. B There shall be no interference fringes.
  3. C There shall be alternate interference fringes of red and green.
  4. D There shall be an interference pattern, where each fringe's pattern center is green and outer edges is red.
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(B) There shall be no interference fringes.

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Different colours will have different fringe width. Within a few fringes of red, there will be several fringes of violet. Also, there will be overlapping of colours.