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Question
"If the slits in Young's double slit experiment are identical, then intensity at any point on the screen may vary between zero and four times to the intensity due to single slit".
Justify the above statement through a relevant mathematical expression.
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Solution
The total intensity at a point where the phase difference is ∅, is given by `"I" = "I"_1 + "I"_2 + 2sqrt("I"_1"I"_2) "COS"∅`.
Here I1 and I2 are the intensities of two individual sources which are equal.
When ∅ is 0, I = 4I1
When ∅ is 90°, I = 0
Thus intensity on the screen varies between 4I2 and 0.
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