TPH 101 (Assignment 1)
TPH 101 (Assignment 1)
Assignment-1
1. What do you mean by Coherent sources and coherence? Why two independent
sources of light cannot produce sustained interference?
3. Two coherent sources are 2.0 mm apart are illuminated with a monochromatic
light of wavelength 5896 Å. Fringes are observed at a distance 60 cm from the
sources. Find the fringe width and comment on the shape of the fringes.
4. A light source emits light of two wavelengths 4300 Å and 5100 Å respectively.
The distance between the source and screen is 1.5 m and the distance between
the slits is 0.025 mm. Calculate the separation between the second order bright
fringes due to these two wavelengths.
8. The distance between the slit and the biprism and between the biprism and the
screen are 50 cm each. The obtuse angle of biprism is 179° and its refractive
index is 1.5. If the width of the fringes is 0.0135 cm, calculate the wavelength
of light.
9. Discuss the interference of light when a thin transparent plate is introduced in
the path of one of the two interfering beams. Derive the expression to
determine the thickness of thin plate.
10.In Fressnel’s biprism experiment, on inserting a thin plate of glass in the path
of one of the interfering beams; it is found that the central bright fringe shifts
into the position priviously occupied by 8 th dark fringe. If the wavelength of
the light used is 5000 Å and the refrective index of the glass plate is 1.5,
calculate the thickness of the plate.
11.On introducing a thin sheet of mica of thickness 12 × 10-4 cm, in the path of
interfering beams in a biprism experiment, the central fringe is shifted through
a distance equal to the spacing between successive bright fringes. Calculate the
refractive index of mica (λ = 6 ×10-7 m).
12.Discuss the thin film interference and associated interference conditions.
Explain the production of colours in thin films.
13.A parallel beam of light (λ = 5890 Å) strikes a film of oil (μ = 1.46). If the 10th
dark ring be seen, when viewed at an angle of 30° to the normal. Calculate the
thickness of the film.
14.A soap film is illuminated by white light incident at an angle 30°. The
reflected light is examined by a spectroscope in which dark band
corresponding to the wavelength 6 × 10-7 m is found. Calculate the thickness
of the film. Given μ = 1.33.
15.Define the term Wedge film? Discuss the formation of bright and dark fringes
in Wedge shaped interference.
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18.Establish the expressions for the diameter of Newton’s bright and dark rings
respectively.
19. Newton’s rings are observed normally in reflected light of wavelength 5.89 ×
10-5 cm. The diameter of the 10th dark ring is 0.50 cm. Find the radius of
curvature of the lens and the thickness of the film.
20. In Newton’s ring experiment, the diameter of the 4th and 12th dark rings are 0.4
cm and 0.7 cm respectively. Find the diameter of 20th dark ring.