Physics 9702 · AS & A Level · Interference

Interference — practice question

Why is it impossible to obtain a visible interference pattern between two monochromatic light beams from different lamps?

  • AThe frequency of the light from the two lamps can never be the same.
  • BThe light from the two lamps can never be coherent.
  • CThe temperature of the filaments of the two lamps used can never be the same.
  • DThe wavelength of the light from the two lamps must always be different.

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