In Young's double slit experiment, the slits are of equal width and maximum intensity of light on the screen is found to be Im. Now one of the slits is covered with a thin sheet of thickness $$15$$λ$$4$$, made of material of refractive index $$1.2$$. Then intensity of light at the mid point of the source is

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In Young's double slit experiment, the slits are of equal width and maximum intensity of light on the screen is found to be Im. Now one of the slits is covered with a thin sheet of thickness $$15$$λ$$4$$, made of material of refractive index $$1.2$$. Then intensity of light at the mid point of the source is

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If $$I0$$ be the intensity of light energy from each slit, then $$Im=4I0$$.When one of the slits is covered, path difference between rays at the mid point of the screen $$=$$μ−$$1t=1.2$$−$$1$$×$$15$$λ$$4=3$$λ$$4$$∴ ϕ$$=phase$$ difference $$=2$$πλ×$$3$$λ$$4=3$$$$π$$$$2$$∴ At the mid point, $$I=Im$$.$$cos2$$ϕ$$2=Imcos23$$$$π$$$$4=ImIV22=Im2$$

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In Young's double slit experiment, the slits are of equal width and maximum intensity of light on the screen is found to be Im. Now one of the slits is covered with a thin sheet of thickness 15λ4, made of material of refractive index 1.2. Then intensity of light at the mid point of the source is

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