Abstract
After reading this chapter you should
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be able to distinguish between single slit and double slit diffraction patterns
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understand that light with shorter wavelength is diffracted through smaller angles
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understand effects observed when light of one colour passes through Young’s slits
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understand that diffraction gratings split light into separate colours
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know what is meant by polarised light
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be familiar with the radiation in the electromagnetic spectrum.
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© 1999 M. J. Harrison, F. R. McKim
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Harrison, M., McKim, F. (1999). More about light waves. In: Mastering Physics. Macmillan Master Series. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-14553-9_16
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