Physics

Physics

Problem

Light from a laser (wavelength 632 nm632\,\text{nm} in air) is split into two coherent beams that recombine at a point on a screen. At the screen, the initial phase difference between the beams is 3π2\tfrac{3\pi}{2} radians. By how much must the path length of one beam be increased so that the point on the screen becomes the location of the next constructive maximum?

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