Q3b. Fringes are observed due to monochromatic light in a Michelson interferometer. When the movable mirror is translated by 0.07 mm, a shift of 300 fringes is observed. What is the wavelength of the light? What displacement of the fringe system takes place when a flake of glass of index 1.51 and 0.004 mm thickness is placed in one arm of the interferometer? (Assume that the light beam is normal to the glass surface.)

Q3b. Fringes are observed due to monochromatic light in a Michelson interferometer. When the movable mirror is translated by 0.07 mm, a shift of 300 fringes is observed. What is the wavelength of the light? What displacement of the fringe system takes place when a flake of glass of index 1.51 and 0.004 mm thickness is placed in one arm of the interferometer? (Assume that the light beam is normal to the glass surface.)

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