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AP Physics 2
14.7 Diffraction
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Experimental setup with an expanding single slit and fixed photodetector.
Experimental setup with an expanding single slit and fixed photodetector.
A monochromatic laser beam of wavelength \(\lambda\) is normally incident on a single slit. Starting at time \(t = 0\), the slit width \(a\) is expanded continuously from zero at a constant speed \(v\), such that \(a(t) = vt\). A small photodetector is fixed at a small, constant angle \(\theta_0 > 0\) relative to the central axis. Which of the following graphs best represents the light intensity \(I\) recorded by the photodetector as a function of time \(t\)?

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