Try it on paper first. A hint, the key idea and the worked solution are here when you need them.
A double-slit experiment gives a fringe width of mm in air. When the whole apparatus is put in a clear liquid, the fringe width falls to mm. Light of wavelength nm in air is used, and the screen is m from the slits. Find the refractive index of the liquid and the wavelength of the light in the liquid. Then find the distance to which the screen must be moved in the liquid to give back the fringe width mm.
In Young's double slit, the path difference at height is . The bright fringes are at , the dark fringes are halfway between, and all fringes are apart. In a medium the wavelength is .
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Work it out on paper first. It is fine to get stuck or make a mistake: that is how we learn. When you are ready, go through the solution one step at a time, and check each step against your own.
Step 1. The index. In the liquid . We want , so .
Step 2. The wavelength in the liquid. .
Step 3. The new distance. With , and in the liquid, we need . So .
Answer: (water); nm; m.
Check. The index is that of water. The wavelength nm times gives back the nm of the air.
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