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Grade 12Wave Optics

interference pattern can not be obtained when two different sources of same wavelength are used. why?

Profile image of Venkat
10 Years agoGrade 12
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Profile image of Nitesh Narayana
10 Years ago
for interference pattern to bee seen the sources should be coharent . coherent sources are those sources which produce light of zero or constant phase difference, having same amplitude , same wavelength. EVEN IF THE TWO  DIFFERENT SOURCES HAVE SAME WAVELENTGH THEY CANNOT BE CONSIDERED AS COHERANT SOURCES THERE FORE CANNOT PRODUCE INTERFERENCE PATTERN