In a Young's double slit experiment distance between the slits is 1 mm.The fringe width is found to be 0.6 mm.When the screen is moved through a distance of 0.25 m away from the plane of the slit, the fringe width beces 0.75 mm.Find the wavelength of light used.

fringe width is given by:β = λDdd = distance between the slitsD is the distance between the screens and slit.d = 1 mm = 0.001 m0.6×10-3 = λD0.0010.75×10-3 =  λD+0.250.0010.750.6 = D+0.25D = 1.25D +0.25 = 1.25 D0.25 = 0.25 DD = 1mtherefore0.6×10-3 = λ×10.001λ = 0.6×10-6 m

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