Unit 1 Interference

Question bank

Interference
2016

Q1. Derive the mathematical expression for the intensity distribution when two
sinusoidal coherent waves with amplitude A1 andA2 and phase di erence ϕ superpose
to produce interference.(4)

Q2. Illustrate with the diagram the Classi cation of interference in two classes, that is
one due to wavefront and another due to amplitude.(4)

2014

Internal

Q3. How would you obtain a sustained interference pattern with a food contrasts?(2.5)

2013,2012

Internal

Q4. Give conditions of sustained interference.(2)

2012

Reappearing

Q5. What is interference of light waves?(2)

2004

Q6. Find the resultant of superposition of two waves y1 = 2.0sinωt and

YDSE
Q1.what will happens on the fringe width of interference pattern, when entire
arrangement of young’s double slit experiment is dipped in water?(2)

2016

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Q2. Two wavelength of light λ1 and λ2 are sent through a YDSE setup simultaneously.
What must be true concerning λ1 and λ2 if the third order bright fringe is to coincide
with the fourth order λ2 fringe.

2015

Q3.two coherent sources whose intensity ratio is 4:1 produce interference fringes, nd
the ratio of maxima to minima intensity in the interference pattern.(3)

Fresnel’s biprism
Q1.what is biprism?in the biprism experiment the distance between slit and screen is
160.0cm and prism is 40cm away from the slit and refractive index is 1.52. When a
source of wavelength 5893 angstrom is used, the fringe width is found to be 0.01cm.
Find the angle of the prism. (5)

2017

Q2. In a biprism experiment, the eye piece is placed at a distance of 1.2m from the
source. The distance between the virtual source was found to be 7.5 × 10−4 m. Find
the wavelength of light if the eye piece to be moved transversely through a distance of
1.888 cm for 20 fringes.(2.5)

2017 , 2015

Q3. Draw the labelled ray diagram depicting interference by a biprism.(3)

2016

Q4. Sodium light (λ=5893 angstrom) is used in Fresnel’s biprism set up. A total of 60
fringes are observed in the eld of view of the eye piece calculate the number of fringes
that would be observed in the same eld of view if the sodium light is replaced by a
mercury light(λ=5461 angstrom).(2)

2015

Q5. An interference pattern is rst obtained using a biprism set up when a thin sheet of
glass (μ=1.5) of 5μm thickness is introduced in the path of one of the interfering rays,
the central fringes is shifted to a position normally occupied by the fth fringes.
Calculate the wavelength of light used.(2)

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2014

Internal

Q6. What is the e ect of increasing the angle of biprism on fringes.(2.5)

External (2012 internal)

Q7. Explain the formation of interference fringes by means of Fresnel’s biprism when a
monochromatic source of light is used and derive the expression for fringe width. How
will you measure a wavelength of light using biprism method.(8)

2012(Reappear), 2012(external)

Q8. What is biprism ? Give schematic diagram showing formation of fringes using
Fresnel’s biprism.(3)

2012

Reappear

Q9. What is biprism? Explain the construction and working of it with application.(5)

Q10.the inclined faces of a biprism (μ=1.5) make an angles of 1degree with the base of
the prism. The slit 10 cm from the biprism and is illuminated by light of wavelength 590
nm. Find the fringe width observed at a distance of one meter from the biprism.(4)

2013

Internal

Q11. A biprism is placed at a distance of 5cm from slit illuminated by sodium light of
wavelength 5890 angstrom. Find out the width of fringes observed in eyepiece at a
distance of 75 cm from biprism, given the distance between virtual sources is 0.005
cm. (2)

Newton’s rings experiment

Q1.light containing two wavelengths λ1 andλ2 falls normally on Plano convex lens of
radius of curvature R resting on a glass plate. if the n th dark ring due to λ1 coincides
with the (n + 1)th dark ring due to λ2, prove that the radius of n thdark ring of λ1 is
λ1λ2 R 1
( )2 (4)

λ1 − λ2

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2017

Q2.Newton’s rings are observed normally in re ected light of wavelength 5893

Internal

Q3.Why the Centre of Newton’s ring is dark in re ected system?(2)

Q4. Newtons ring experiment, diameters for 15th ring was found to be 0.59 cm and
that of 5th ring was 0.336cm. If the radius of Plano convex lens is 100cm, compute the
wavelength of light used.(3)

2016

Q5. Explain using mathematical derivation the formation of the n thbright ring in the ?
Newton’s ring set up in the re ected light with a diameter given by the expression (4)

D= (2λ R )(2n − 1)

2014,2013(external),2012 (external)

Internal

Q6. In a Newton’s ring experiment the diameter of 4th and 12th dark rings are 0.400cm
and 0.700cm. Deduce the diameter of the 20th dark ring.(4)

External

Q7. Why central ring is dark instead of bright sometimes in re ected systems.(2.5)

Q8. Newton’s rings are formed between a plane surface of glass and lens. The
diameter of third dark ring is 10−10m. When a light of wavelength 5890 × 10−10m is
used at such a angle that the light passes through the air at an angle of 30 degree to
the normal. Find the radius of lens.(4.5)

2013

Internal

Q9. What are Newton’s rings. Explain the formation of Newton’s rings by re ected
system of light. Also show that spacing between rings goes on decreasing with
increase in order.(8)

External

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Q10. What happens to Newton’s rings system if a plane polished mirror is used instead
of a glass plate in Newton’s ring arrangement.(2)

Q11. Describe and explain formation of Newton’s ring in re ected monochromatic light.
Prove that in re ected light diameters of the dark rings are proportional to the square
root of natural numbers.(8)

2012

Reappear

Q12.explain the formation of Newton’s rings. Give its application to nd out wavelength
of light.(7)

2011

Internal

Q13 . Show that in Newtons rings, the fringe width decreases with order of rings. (2)

Thin films
2017

Q1.describe the phenomenon of interference of light in thin lms and obtain the
condition of minima and maxima for re ected light. (6)

2015

Q2. Illustrate with the help of diagram the necessity of an extended sources to observe
fringes in a thin lm. (1.5)

2012

Internal

Q3. Why interference fringes are observed in case of thin lms not in case of thick
lms.(2)

Q4. Why colors of thin lms in re ected and transmitted lights are complementary? (2)

2012

Reappear

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Q5. Discuss the phenomenon of interference of light in the thin lms and obtain the
conditions of maximum and minimum.(7)

2009

Q6. A soap lm ,suspended in air has thickness 5 × 10−5cm and viewed at an angle
35 degrees to the normal. Find the wavelength of light in visible spectrum which will be
absent for a re ected light. The μ for soap lm as 1.33 and the visible spectrum is
400nm to 700nm.(4)

Wedge shaped film

Q1. Derive the relation for path di erence and subsequently the width of a single band
for a wedge shaped lm.(4)

2014

Internal

Q2. Discuss the formation of interference fringes due to wedge shape thin lm seen by
normally re ected sodium light and obtain expression for fringe width (6)

2012

Internal

Q3. A beam of monochromatic light of wavelength 5.82 × 10−7 m falls normally on a

Coherence
Q1. De ne temporal coherence. (2)

2017,2014,2012

Q2. Can non coherent sources produce interference? Justify your answer.(2.5)

2016

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Q3. In the coherence time for an ordinary light τc = 10−10 sec, obtain the degree of
monochromaticity for λ0 =5893 angstrom.(2.5)

2015

Q4. explain the terms temporal and spatial coherence in the context of the interference
phenomenon. Explain why interference due to division of amplitude is observed in thin
lms. (1+1+1)

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