Source S is placed inside a glass water tank, as shown below. The surface of the water is covered with oil. Two monochromatic coherent light rays 1 and 2, go through the path as shown in the figure. If the wavelength of light in water is λ = 400 nm and indices of refraction of oil, water, and glass are noil = 1.2, nwater = 1.33, nglass = 1.5 and a dark fringe appears at point P , what is x?

Source S is placed inside a glass water tank, as shown below. The surface of the water is covered with oil. Two monochromatic coherent light rays 1 and 2, go through the path as shown in the figure. If the wavelength of light in water is λ = 400 nm and indices of refraction of oil, water, and glass are noil = 1.2, nwater = 1.33, nglass = 1.5 and a dark fringe appears at point P , what is x?

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Chapter4: Diffraction

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Problem 32P: The width of the central peak in a single-slit diffraction pattern is 5.0 mm. The wavelength of the...

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