13th Edition

ISBN: 9781269542661

Author: YOUNG

Publisher: PEARSON C

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In physics, the term diffraction is defined as the bending of light around the corners of the obstacle. As a light ray passes by an aperture, it bends around the edges or through slits, it spreads out through a narrow opening. The diffracted light will p…

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Chapter 36, Problem 36.13DQ

At the end of Section 36.4, the following statements were made about an array of N slits. Explain, using phasor diagrams, why each statement is true, (a) A minimum occurs whenever ϕ is an integral multiple of 2π/N, except when ϕ is an integral multiple of 2π (which gives a principal maximum). (b) There are (N−1) minima between each pair of principal maxima.

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