College Physics
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Author: ETKINA, Eugenia, Planinšič, G. (gorazd), Van Heuvelen, Alan
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Chapter 24, Problem 30P
24.5 Diffraction of light
* How did we derive it? Explain how we derived the equation for the first dark fringe for single-slit diffraction. Draw a ray diagram or a disturbance-versus-position graph to help in your explanation. Show path length difference and the phase differences.
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