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The condition for obtaining secondary maxima in the diffraction pattern due to single slit is 

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Important Questions on Diffraction of Light

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Draw a labelled graph of the intensity of diffracted light I versus angleθ in the Fraunhofer diffraction experiment for a single-slit diffraction.

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Explain the fraunhofer diffraction and the wave front incident on the aperture.
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For a given single slit, the diffraction pattern is obtained on a screen first by using red and then by blue light. In which case, will the central maxima, in the observed diffraction pattern have a larger angular width?

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Write one difference between interference and diffraction.
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Write one similarity between phenomenon of diffraction and interference.
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Compare interference and diffraction. Obtain the expression for half and full angular width of central maxima in diffraction pattern.