Rankers Physics

Diffraction: Practice Problem & Solution

The ratio of intensities of consecutive maxima in the diffraction pattern due to a single slit is :
1 : 4 : 9
1 : 2 : 3
\[1:\frac{4}{9\pi^{2}}:\frac{4}{25\pi^{2}}\]
\[1:\frac{1}{\pi^{2}}:\frac{9}{\pi^{2}}\]

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