A Coalition of Single Slit and Double Slit Diffraction

TL;DR

This paper presents a theoretical analysis of a novel experimental setup combining single slit and double slit diffraction, revealing complex interference patterns that extend classical understanding of light diffraction.

Contribution

It introduces a new configuration where a single slit is added to a double slit experiment, providing theoretical insights into the resulting complex diffraction patterns.

Findings

Complex interference patterns emerge with the combined setup.

Theoretical calculations reveal nontrivial intensity distributions.

The setup extends classical diffraction understanding.

Abstract

In this paper, we theoretically investigate a particular experimental setup which coalesces the concepts of the double slit and single slit diffraction. In Thomas Young's classic double slit experiment, monochromatic plane light wave impinges on an opaque screen with two parallel, long and narrow slits and the resulting intensity pattern is observed on a screen placed at a great distance placed from the slits. We show, via theoretical calculations that the if another opaque screen with a single long narrow slit is placed at a distance from the two slits, the resulting intensity pattern on the observation screen is nontrivial and interesting.