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Question 15

Two coherent light waves of the same frequency travel to a detector. At the detector, wave 1 has an amplitude of A0 A_0\,A0​ and an intensity of I0I_0I0​. Wave 2 has an amplitude of 0.3A00.3A_00.3A0​. The path difference between the waves at the detector is 1.5λ1.5\lambda1.5λ, where λ \lambda\,λ is the wavelength of the waves.

What is the resultant intensity at the detector in terms of I0I_0I0​?

0.49I00.49 I_00.49I0​

0.70I00.70 I_00.70I0​

1.09I01.09 I_01.09I0​

1.69I01.69 I_01.69I0​

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