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Understanding Fraunhofer Diffraction at a Single Slit and Grating Diffraction

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Fraunhofer Diffraction at a Single Slit Fraunhofer diffraction refers to the bending and spreading of light waves as they pass through an aperture or around an object. When a beam of light passes through a single slit, it undergoes diffraction, resulting in a pattern of bright and dark regions on a screen placed behind the […]