Physics Technology Update (4th Edition)

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Chapter 28 - Physical Optics: Interference and Diffraction - Problems and Conceptual Exercises - Page 1004: 12

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(a) We know that the condition for the bright fringes in a two-slit experiment is given as $ dsin\theta=m\lambda $ $\implies dsin\theta=4\lambda $ (b) The condition for the dark fringe is given as $ dsin\theta=4\lambda $ $\implies dsin\theta=(m-\frac{1}{2})\lambda $ $\implies dsin\theta=(3-\frac{1}{2})\lambda=\frac{5}{2}\lambda $
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