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TS EAMCET · Physics · Wave Optics

Two coherent sources whose intensity ratio is \(64: 1\) produce interference fringes. The ratio of intensities of maxima and minima is

  1. A \(9: 7\)
  2. B \(8: 1\)
  3. C \(81: 49\)
  4. D \(81: 7\)
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(C) \(81: 49\)

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The ratio of intensities of maxima and minima \(\frac{I_{\max }}{I_{\min }}=\frac{\left(\sqrt{I_1}+\sqrt{I_2}\right)^2}{\left(\sqrt{I_1}-\sqrt{I_2}\right)^2}\) \(=\frac{(\sqrt{64}+\sqrt{1})^2}{(\sqrt{64}-\sqrt{1})^2}\)…