The intensity at the maximum in Young's double-slit experiment is the distance between two slits is d=5, where is the wavelength of light used in the experiment. What will be the intensity in front of one of the slits on the screen placed at a distance D= 10 d?
In Young's double-slit experiment, the intensity at the maxima on the screen is given by (2Io), where Io is the intensity from a single slit. When the distance between the screen and the slits is increased, the intensity from each slit decreases due to the spreading of the wavefront. The intensity from a single slit on the screen is inversely proportional to the square of the distance. Therefore, at a distance D = 10d, the intensity from each slit is (Io/10^2) = Io/100, and the total intensity on the screen is (2 * Io/100) = Io/50.