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1- In a Young’s double-slit experiment the center of a bright fringe occurs wherever waves

from the slits differ in phase by a multiple of:


A) π/4 B) π/2 C) π D. 3π/4 E) 2π ans: E
2- Waves from two slits are in phase at the slits and travel to a distant screen to produce the
third side maximum of the interference pattern. The difference in the distance traveled by
the waves is:
A) half a wavelength B) a wavelength C) three halves of a wavelength
D. two wavelengths E) three wavelengths ans: E
3- Monochromatic light, at normal incidence, strikes a thin film in air. If λ denotes the
wavelength in the film, what is the thinnest film in which the reflected light will be a
maximum?
A) 2 λ B) λ/4 C) λ/2 D) 3λ/4 E) λ
4-In a thin film experiment, a wedge of air is used between two glass plates. If the
wavelength of the incident light in air is 480 nm, how much thicker is the air wedge at
the 16th dark fringe than it is at the 6th?
A) 2400nm B) 4800nm C) 240 nm D) 480 nm E) None of these ans: A
5- In a Young’s double-slit experiment, light of wavelength 500 nm illuminates two slits that
are separated by 1 mm. The separation between adjacent bright fringes on a screen 5m
from the slits is:
A) 0.10 cm B) 0.25 cm C) 0.50 cm D. 1.0 cm E) none of the above ans: B
6- plane wave with a wavelength of 500 nm is incident normally on a single slit with a
width of 5.0 × 10−6 m. Consider waves that reach a point on a far-away screen such
that rays from the slit make an angle of 1.0◦ with the normal. The difference in phase
for waves from the top and bottom of the slit is:
A) 0 B) 0.55 rad C) 1.1 rad D. 1.6 rad E) 2.2 rad ans: C
7- When light of a certain wavelength is incident normally on a certain diffraction grating the line of
order 1 is at a diffraction angle of 25◦. The diffraction angle for the second order line is:
A) 25◦ B) 42◦ C) 50◦ D. 58◦ E) 75◦ ans D
8- A diffraction grating just resolves the wavelengths 400.0 nm and 400.1nm in first order. The
number of slits in the grating is:
A) 400 B) 1000 C) 2500 D. 4000 E) no answer ans: D

Chapter (35): problems: 11;16;21;26;35;40


Chapter (36):problems ; 3; 6; 9; 13; 19; 45;48;56

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