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Effect of unequal slit widths or intensities on the bright and dark fringes

This type of question, asked 4 times: 15 May 2023 S1, 13 May 2024 S2, 25 Apr 2025 S1, 17 Apr 2026 S2. All 4 questions below, oldest first.

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  1. Question 1

    15 May 2023 S1

    13
    In double slit experiment, instead of taking slits of equal widths, one slit is made twice as wide as the other. Then in interference pattern

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  2. Question 2

    13 May 2024 S2

    2
    Of the two slits producing interference in Young's experiment, one is covered with glass so that light intensity passing is reduced to 50%. Which of the following is correct?

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  3. Question 3

    25 Apr 2025 S1

    3
    If the two sources of light emit waves of different amplitudes and interfere then

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  4. Question 4

    17 Apr 2026 S2

    143
    For obtaining maximum contrast between the bright and dark fringes in an interference pattern, the intensities of the two light coherent sources should be

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