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1) In Thomas Young's double-slit experiment. At the position indicated by the arrow
(a) Is the interference constructive or destructive?
Observation Screen
(b) Is this fringe bright or dark? And why? Double slit barrier
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2) Arrange the apertures shown in the figure in ascending order according to the
(1) (2) (3)
degree of diffraction appearance.
3) The figure shows a schematic of the double-slit experiment.
What happens to the width of the fringe when we decrease each of the following:
(a) The distance of the barrier from the double slit?
(b) The distance between the single slit and the double slit?
(c) The wavelength of the light used? Observation Screen
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(d) The distance between the two slits? Single slit barrier
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4) Four students chosed between several sources of different wavelengths, several
double slits, and a suitable screen distance to make the double slit experiment.
Which student's experiment would have the most visible fringes?
The distance The distance between the observation
Wavelength
between two slits screen and double slit barrier
(A) 500 nm 2d 0.5 m
(B) 400 nm d 1m
(C) 600 nm 3d 1.5 m
(D) 450 nm 0.5 d 1.1 m
5) In Young's experiment to determine the wavelength of a single light, the image
shown in the figure was formed: 20 cm
(a) What is the name of the phenomenon resulting from the experiment?
(b) What is the name of the successive parallel areas that appeared in the image?
(c) Calculate the wavelength of the light used, knowing that the distance between
the double slit and the observation screen is equal to 100 cm and the distance
between the two slits is equal to 0.01 mm
6) From the opposite figure: Calculate the distance between the double slit and the
barrier in Young’s double slit experiment.
7) In Young's experiment, if the distance between the two coherent sources was 1.6 m
and a fringe was formed on a barrier 80 cm away from the two coherent sources,
and the third bright fringe was 0.6 mm from the central fringe, find the wavelength
of the light used.
8) In the double-slit experiment, the distance between the two narrow rectangular slits
was 0.00015 m, the distance between the double slits and the observation screen was
0.75 m, and the distance between two bright fringes was 0.003 m. Calculate the
wavelength of the monochromatic light used.
9) In Young's experiment, if the distance between the two narrow slits was 0.00015 m,
the distance between the observation screen and the double slit was 0.75 m, and the
distance between two successive bright fringes was 0.002 m. Calculate the frequency
of the light. Note that (C = 3 × 108 m/s)
10) In Young's experiment, if red light with a wavelength of 6000 A° falls on two slits
separated by a distance of 0.02×10-2 m, and interference fringes form on a screen 1
cm away from the double slits, then if the red light is replaced by another violet
light with a wavelength of 6000 A°, what is the number of the bright fringe of the
violet light that has the same position as the second bright fringe of the red light?
11) In Young's double slit experiment, the distance between the two narrow rectangular
slits was 0.2 mm, the distance between the slit and the observation screen was 120
cm, and the distance between two successive bright fringes was 3 mm. Calculate the
monochromatic wavelength in angstroms.
12) In Young's double slit experiment, the separation between the interference fringes
of green light was 0.275 mm and its wavelength was 550 nm. When using red light
with a wavelength of 600 nm or violet light with a wavelength of 400 nm, we
obtained other fringes. Find:
(a) The distance between the interference fringes formed by red light.
(b) The distance between the interference fringes formed by violet light
13) Give the scientific reason for each of the following:
(a) When monochromatic light passes through a narrow double slit, we see
bright and dark fringes on a screen at a suitable distance from them
(b) Monochromatic light is used in Young's experiment to demonstrate
interference
(c) The central fringe in Young's experiment is always bright
(d) In Young's double slit experiment, the appearance of the interference fringes
increases as the distance between the slits decreases.
14) In the single slit experiment diagram shown in the figure:
(a) What phenomenon occurred to the light?
(b) What happens to the shape of the fringe if the circular slit is replaced
with a rectangular one?
15) Explain the following relationship graphically:
A. The relationship between the distance between the identical fringes and the
reciprocal of the distance between the double slits.
B. The relationship between the distance between the identical fringes and the
wavelength.
16) In the opposite figure, the distance between the double-slit barrier and the
observation screen in Young's double-slit experiment is equal to ------
17) A student made an experiment to investigate double-slit interference of light, but
finds that the interference fringes observed on the screen are too close together to be
distinguishable.
What change would help the student to distinguish between the fringes?
A. Decrease the distance between the two slits
B. Increase the width of each slit
C. Move the screen closer to the light source
D. Use a blue filter instead of a red filter
18) The opposite figure represents the interference pattern of Young's experiment while
using a monochromatic light source with a wavelength of 5000 angstroms (the speed
of light is 3 × 108 m/s), and the distance between the double-slit screen and the third
screen is 120 cm. If the distance between the central fringe and the fourth bright
fringe (4) is 0.8 cm, then
I. The distance between the two slits is ------
II. The distance between the central fringe and the second dark fringe is -----
III. The distance between the two slits ------- and the fringe
IV. The frequency of the light source used is -------- Hz
19) From the opposite figure , monochromatic light with a wavelength of 5000 Å was
used. The distance between two successive bright fringes is …….
0.3 mm
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