Consider a Young's double slit experiment as shown in the figure. What should be the slit separation d in terms of wavelength λ such that the first minima occurs directly in front of the slit (S1)?
λ(√5)
λ2(5−√2)
λ(5−√2)
λ2(√5)
Solution:
The correct option is D λ2(√5) x1=2d x2=√5d Δx=x2−x1 √5d−2d=λ/2 d=λ2(√5)