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

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

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