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Why are coherent sources required to produce the interference of light?

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Two sources of emitting light waves of same frequency or wavelength and of a stable phase difference are required to see interference pattern and we can obtain such nature of light waves from coherent source. So, we require coherent sources to produce the interference of light.

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