Interference on a cylindrical screen

Classical Mechanics Level pending

Two identical beams A A and B B of plane coherent waves of the same intensity and wavelength λ \lambda on a cylindrical screen. The angle between the directions of the beam propagations is θ \theta . Consider a point P P on the screen at angular position ϕ \phi from the beam A A as shown in the figure. Find distance between adjacent interference fringes on the screen near the point P P . Assume that the distance β \beta between adjacent fringes is much less than the radius of the cylinder.

If sin ( θ 2 ) cos ( θ 2 + ϕ 2 ) = λ 2 \sin \left ( \dfrac\theta2 \right) \cos \left( \dfrac \theta2 + \dfrac \phi 2 \right) = \dfrac \lambda 2 . Find the fringe width at point P P on the cylindrical screen.


The answer is 1.

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Let wavelength =l Let fringe width =w Let path difference at P for beam A =x1=wsin(phi) And x2=wsin(theta+phi) Both by simple geometry And for constructive interference l=x1-x2.... put values and get w

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