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Q.Answer in one word/sentence: Give the relation between phase difference and path difference.

Madhya Pradesh MpbseMP Board Higher Secondary (Class 11) 2023Subjective· 1mImportance★★★★★
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Phase difference and path difference are directly proportional, connected by Delta phi = (2pi/lambda) * Delta x -- a path difference of one full wavelength corresponds to a phase difference of 2pi (360 degrees).

For a wave of wavelength lambda, one complete wave cycle (a phase change of 2pi radians, i.e., 360 degrees) corresponds to the wave travelling a distance of exactly one wavelength lambda. So phase and path are proportional: phase difference / (2pi) = path difference / lambda

Rearranging:

Delta phi = (2*pi/lambda) * Delta x

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