Question

Bright and dark fringes are seen on a screen when light from a single source reaches two narrow slits a short distance apart. The locations of bright and dark fringes can be interchanged if a transparent plastic film is placed in front of one of the slits. The minimum thickness of this film must be?

Answer 1

Answer:

Explanation:

Let the thickness of the film is t and the refractive index of the material of film is n.

When light travels through a sheet of thickness t, the optical path traveled is nt.

When the path of one of slit is covered by a sheet of thickness t, the optical path becomes

x = ( n - 1) t

As the one fringe is shift, so the optical path changed by one wavelength.

i.e., x = λ

So, λ = ( n - 1) t

$t=\frac{\lambda }{n-1}$