You have a red laser (wavelength 656 nm) that produces a beam wide enough to illuminate two large slits. Each slit
is 1.0 cm wide, and they are 4.0 cm apart. The laser light shines through the slits onto a viewing screen 1.00 m away.
a. Describe what will be seen on the viewing screen. Draw a picture. Label the picture with any relevant physical
distances that you can determine.
The slits are replaced with much smaller ones. They are just 10-5 m apart, and are extremely narrow in width (<
10-6 m.
b. Repeat part a. for this new situation.


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