Physics Technology Update (4th Edition)

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Chapter 28 - Physical Optics: Interference and Diffraction - Conceptual Questions - Page 1003: 2

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We know that bright fringes in a two-slit experiment are given as $dsin\theta=m\lambda$ and the location of bright fringes in a two-slit experiment is given as $dsin\theta=(m+\frac{1}{2})\lambda$ If the wavelength is greater than the separation of slits, then $\frac{d}{\lambda}\lt 1$ and $\frac{d}{\lambda}=\frac{m}{sin\theta}$ Thus $\frac{m}{sin\theta}\lt 1$ $\implies m\lt sin\theta$ As the range of the sine function is $(-1, 1)$ $\implies -1\lt m\lt 1$ $m=0$ indicates that there is only a central bright fringe which is shown on screen.
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