Wave Optics

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Question 3 of 191

In a Lloyd's mirror experiment, light reflected from a glass mirror interferes with direct light from a slit. The central fringe closest to the mirror surface is:

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Answer: (A) Dark, due to π\pi phase shift on reflection

Reflection at the denser medium introduces a phase change of π\pi (path difference of λ/2\lambda/2), turning the zero geometric path fringe into a dark fringe.
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