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Question
Draw the intensity distribution as function of phase angle when diffraction of light takes place through coherently illuminated single slit.
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Solution
Intensity distribution as function of phase angle, when diffraction of light takes place through coherently illuminated single slit.
The Intensity pattern on the screen is shown in the given figure.

Width of central maximum = `(2"D"λ)/"a"`
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