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Two light waves having the same wavelength λ in vacuum are in phase initially. Then the first wave travels a path L_1 through a medium of refractive…

JEE Main 2020 — Physics Optics

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Two light waves having the same wavelength λ\lambdaλ in vacuum are in phase initially. Then the first wave travels a path L1{L}_{1}L1​ through a medium of refractive index n1{n}_{1}n1​while the second wave travels a path of length L2{L}_{2}L2​ through a medium of refractive index n2{n}_{2}n2​. After this the phase difference between the two waves is:

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Held on 3 Sept 2020 · Verified 6 Jul 2026.

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  1. A

    2πλ(L2n1−L1n2)\frac{2\pi }{\lambda }(\frac{{L}_{2}}{{n}_{1}}-\frac{{L}_{1}}{{n}_{2}})λ2π​(n1​L2​​−n2​L1​​)

  2. B

    2πλ(L1n1−L2n2)\frac{2\pi }{\lambda }(\frac{{L}_{1}}{{n}_{1}}-\frac{{L}_{2}}{{n}_{2}})λ2π​(n1​L1​​−n2​L2​​)

  3. C

    2πλ(n1L1−n2L2)\frac{2\pi }{\lambda }({n}_{1}{L}_{1}-{n}_{2}{L}_{2})λ2π​(n1​L1​−n2​L2​)

  4. D

    2πλ(n2L1−n1L2)\frac{2\pi }{\lambda }({n}_{2}{L}_{1}-{n}_{1}{L}_{2})λ2π​(n2​L1​−n1​L2​)

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