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Grade 12Wave Motion

in young doble slit expt the bandwitdh of the fringe obtained with red light in 2mm. the apprutus is immersed in water then the resutant bandwidth

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9 Years agoGrade 12
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9 Years ago
The resultant fringewidth orbandwidth will decrease by putting the entire setup in water. This is bcoz u know that lambda(wavelength) decreases in water than air keeping frequency constant as speed changes. It becomes (lamda)/u where u is refractive index of water.Thats why fringe width given by (lamda)D /d gets changed to (lambda)D/ud. where `u` is refractive index of water. so your answer will be 2/(4/3) which is 3/2. Hope u got it.