Interference
 

Interference problem 17


In a two-source interference experiment, light of a single frequency is incident on a double slit. The light waves emerging from the slits are coherent. What is meant by coherent?


  • The waves are in phase.


  • The waves have a constant phase difference.


  • The waves have the same amplitude.


  • The waves interfere constructively wherever they overlap.


 

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