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DIFFRACTION
Diffraction refers to various
phenomena which occurs when a wave
encounters an obstacle or a slit. It is
defined as the bending of light around
the corners of an obstacle or aperture
into the region of geometrical shadow of
the obstacle.
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Diffraction was explained
using Huygens’ principle that
a smooth wave front is made
up of many small point-
source wavelets.
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The cutting of coherent light on two
edges closely together produces a
diffraction pattern, which is pattern on a
screen of constructive and destructive
interference of Huygens’ wavelets.
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A pair of light or sound waves will
experience interference when they pass
through each other. The individual
waves will add together (superposition)
so that a new wavefront is created.
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Single-Slit
Diffraction
When coherent, blue light passes
through a single, small opening that is
larger than wavelength of the light, the
light is diffracted by both edges, and a
series of bright and dark bands
appears on a distant screen.
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Diffraction
Single-Slit
Diffraction
 Diffraction
When
Patternthe single slit
is illuminated, a
central bright band
appears.
APPLICATION
Diffraction can be used to
separate different
wavelengths of light using a
diffraction grating.
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Diffraction can also be
used to look at molecules
 using 
X-ray crystallography. 
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X-ray crystallography (XRC) is the
experimental science determining the atomic
and molecular structure of a crystal, in which
the crystalline structure causes a beam of
incident X-rays to diffract into many specific
directions.