A-LevelPhysicsSuperpositionOct/Nov 2022Paper 1 Q291 Mark
Light of a single frequency is incident on a pair of narrow slits that are a distance of 0.10 mm apart. A series of bright and dark fringes is observed on a screen a distance of 2.0m away. The distance between adjacent bright fringes is 8.0 mm. [Figure showing double slit interference setup] What is the path difference of the light waves from the two slits that meet at the second-order dark fringe?
A2.0 x 10⁻⁷ m
B4.0 x 10⁻⁷ m
C6.0 x 10⁻⁷ m
D8.0 x 10⁻⁷ m
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