BRAINCAKEWhite Light Fringes
Since fringe separation depends on wavelength and different colours have different wavelengths the fringes of different colours can be seen.
Blue light fringes are closer together than red light fringes.
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Key terms in this lesson
- Fringe spacing
- The distance between the centres of adjacent bright, or dark, fringes in an interference pattern.