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At the first minima, adjacent to the central maxima of a single - slit diffraction pattern, the phase difference between the Huygen's wavelet from the edge of the slit and the wavelet from the midpoint of the slit is

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π8 radian
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π4 radian
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π2 radian
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π radian
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Solution

The correct option is D π radian

For first minima at P,a sin θ = λSo, phase differenceΔϕ1=Δx1λ×2π =(a/2)sin θλ×2πΔϕ1=λ2λ×2π = π radian

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