IB Physics SL C 3 6 Coherence Topic Practice

Question 1

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This question is about interference.

Light from a laser is incident on two identical parallel slits. The light from the two slits produces a fringe pattern on a screen.

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A central bright fringe is produced at C . The next bright fringe is produced at A . There is a dark fringe at B .

The light from the laser is coherent and monochromatic. Outline what is meant by the term

coherent.

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