First slide
Coherent sources and their importance in interference
Question

A plate of thickness  't' made of a material of refractive index  'μ' is placed in front of one of the slits in a double slit experiment. What should be the minimum thickness  't', which will make the intensity at the centre of the fringe pattern zero?

Moderate
Solution

Intensity at the centre of the pattern will be zero,
if path difference at the centre is  λ2.
Now, the path difference introduced by glass plate  of thickness  't' is  μ1t
μ1t=λ2  or   t=λ2μ1.
Therefore, the correct answer is (C).
 

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