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Explaining Single Slit Diffraction

AQA AS-level PhysicsOpticsLesson 24 of 27

fringe spacing
w
=λD
s
slit separation
width of central fringe
W
=2λD
a
slit aperture
width

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Fringe spacing
The distance between the centres of adjacent bright, or dark, fringes in an interference pattern.

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