Interference pattern
Positions of Bright and Dark bands and band width.
Figure 4
S1 & S2 :
The "Sources" of light
M : Midpoint
of line joining S1 & S2
O : Central
Bright band of the pattern
x, d < < D
Optical
path difference = D
= S2P - S1P
\
D = S2R
+ RP - S1P
= S2R (
... RP @ S1P
as d <<D)
= d sin q
( In D S1S2R)
= d tan q
( \ q £
100 as d <<D)
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