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Coherent light rays of wavelength λ strike a pair of slits separated by distance d at an angle θ1 with respect to the normal to the plane containing the slits as shown in Figure P36.9. The rays leaving the slits make an angle θ2 with respect to the normal, and an interference maximum is formed by those rays on a screen that is a great distance from the slits. Show that the angle θ2 is given by
where m is an integer.
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