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Draw a neat labelled ray diagram of the Fresnel Biprism experiment showing the region of interference.
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Describe any two characteristic features which distinguish between interference and diffraction phenomena. Derive the expression for the intensity at a point of the interference pattern in Young's double-slit experiment.
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