Assignment -1 / Engineering Physics (Interference)

Last date of submission: 04.11.2022

Instructions:
i. All questions are compulsory.
ii. Handwritten answers are to be submitted. All the pages of the assignment must
contain student’s name and registration number.
iii. Submission after due date (04.11.2022) will not be accepted for grading.
iv. Your handwriting is not going to be assessed but it must be as clear as possible to
avoid any confusion during evaluation.
v. Answers should be to the point and supplemented with proper diagram wherever
necessary.

1. In costume jewelry, rhinestones (made of glass with n =1.50) are often coated with
silicon monoxide (n = 2.0) to make them more reflective. How thick should the
coating be to achieve strong reflection for 560 nm light incident normally?

2. In a double slit experiment. the distance between slits is 5.22 mm and the slits are
1.36 m from the screen. Two interference patterns can be seen on the screen, one due
to light with λ = 480 nm and the other due to light of λ = 612 nm. Find the separation
on the screen between the third order interference fringes of the two different patterns.

3. A thin film of acetone (n=1.25) is coating a thick glass plate (n=1.50). Plane light
waves of variable wave lengths are incident normal to the film. When one view the
reflected wave, it is noted that complete destructive interference occurs at 600nm and
constructive interference at 700 nm. Calculate the thickness of the acetone film.

4. In a Newton’s rings experiment, the radius of curvature R of the lens is 5.0 m and
its diameter is 20 mm a) How many rings are produced? b) How many rings would be
seen if the arrangement were immersed in water (n=1.33)? Assume that λ = 589 nm