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Predict/Calculate A system like that shown in Figure 28-35 consists of N slits, each transmitting light of intensity l0. The light from each slit has the same phase and the same wavelength. The net intensity l observed at an angle θ due to all N slits is
In this expression, ϕ = (2πd/sinθ, where λ is the
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