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What is meant by diffraction? State its types and differentiate them.
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Mumbai university > FE > SEM 2 > Applied Physics II

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Year: Dec 2015
advanced engineering physics
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written 8.6 years ago by gravatar for teamques10 teamques10 ★ 69k

  • The bending of light around the sharp edges of opaque obstacles or apertures is defined as diffraction.

  • The phenomenon of diffraction depends on the size a of the obstacle and the wavelength λ of the light wave as illustrated in figure below:

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  • If the size of the obstacle compared to …

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