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Grade 12th passWave Optics

In a Young's double slit experiment, a white light source consisting of wavelengths between 400nm and 750nm is used for illumination to obtain a coloured interference pattern. The slit seperation is 0.8mm and the screen distance is 1.5m. The wavelength of light at the center bright spot is

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7 Years agoGrade 12th pass
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7 Years ago
Dear student,

Every wavelength will form a maxima a central point. Hence a bright white spot will appear at that place.

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