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The phenomenon of diffraction of light was discovered by-

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Huygens

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Newton

C

Fresnel

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grimaldi

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ALLEN -WAVE OPTICS-Exercise 1 (Check your Grasp)
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  5. The conversation going on, in some room, can be heared by the person o...

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  6. Diffraction initiated from obstacle, depends upon the

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  7. Phenomenon of diffraction occurs

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  8. Diffraction of light is observed only, when the obstacle size is-

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  9. which of the following any gives more distinct diffraction

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  10. All fringes of diffraction are of-

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  11. A single slit of width d is placed in the path of beam of wavelength l...

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  12. Direction of the first secondary maximum in the Fraunhofer diffraction...

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  13. Angular width (beta) of central maximum of a diffraction pattern on a ...

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  14. Red light is generally used to observe diffraction pattern from single...

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  15. Calculate angular width of central maxima if lamda=6000Å,a=18xx10^(-5)...

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  16. In single slit fraunhoffer diffraction which type of wavefront is requ...

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  17. In the diffraction pattern of a single slit aperture, the width of the...

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  18. Central fringe obtained in diffraction pattern due to a single slit-

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  19. In a single slit diffraction pattern, if the light source is used of l...

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  20. In the laboratory, diffraction of light by a single slit is being obse...

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