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ISBN: 9780130970695

Author: Peter S. Shaffer, Lillian C. McDermott

Publisher: Addison Wesley

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Chapter 11.4, Problem 3fT

Use the model that we have developed to write an equation that can be used to determine the angle to the first minimum in the case of single-slit diffraction with a slit of width a.

Explain how you can account for the fact that the above equation, which describes the location of a minimum in the case of single-slit diffraction, is similar in appearance to the equation that describes the location of a maximum in the case of two-source interference.

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