Minimum thickness of a mica sheet having $\mu = 3/2$ which should be placed in front of one of the slits in $YDSE$ is required to reduce the intensity at the centre of the screen to half of the maximum intensity is-

  • A
    $\lambda /4$
  • B
    $\lambda /8$
  • C
    $\lambda /2$
  • D
    $\lambda /3$

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