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What is the effect on the interference fringes in a Young's double-slit experiment due to each of the following operations :
the screen is moved away from the plane of the slits,

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Angular separation of the fringes remains constant `(=lambda//d).` The actual separation of the fringes increases in proportion to the distance of the screen from the plane of the two slits.
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