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Problem35 59
Problem35 59
59: a) Adding glass over the top slit increases the effective path length from that slit
to the screen. The interference pattern will therefore change, with the central maximum
shifting downwards.
2d
b) Normally the phase shift is sin , but now there is an added shift from the
λ
glass, so the total phase shift is now
2πd 2Ln 2L 2d 2L(n 1) 2
sin sin ( d sin L(n 1)).
λ λ λ λ λ λ
So the intensity becomes I I 0 cos
2
I 0 cos 2 (d sin L(n 1)) .
2 λ
c) The maxima occur at ( d sin L(n 1)) m d sin mλ L( n 1)
λ