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In a Young’s double-slit experiment, the slit separation is doubled. To maintain the same fringe spacing on the screen, the screen-to-slit distance D must be changed to ______.

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In a Young’s double-slit experiment, the slit separation is doubled. To maintain the same fringe spacing on the screen, the screen-to-slit distance D must be changed to ______.

Options

  • 2D

  • `"D"/2`

  • `sqrt2"D"`

  • `"D"/sqrt2`

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Solution

In a Young’s double-slit experiment, the slit separation is doubled. To maintain the same fringe spacing on the screen, the screen-to-slit distance D must be changed to 2D.

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Chapter 7: Wave Optics - Evaluation [Page 102]

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Chapter 7 Wave Optics
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