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Chapter 38, Problem 38.8P
A screen is placed a distance L from a single slit of width a, which is illuminated with light of wavelength λ. Assume L ≫ a. If the distance between the minima for m = m1 and m = m2 in the diffraction pattern is Δy, what is the width of the slit?
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