physics·NCERT Class 12·Wave Optics

Young's Double-Slit

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Two tiny slits, one light source — and you get bright bands on the screen. Why stripes? Because light behaves as a WAVE and interferes with itself.

Fringe width β = λD/d (λ = wavelength, D = screen dist, d = slit sep).
Constructive interference: path diff = nλ; destructive: (n+½)λ.