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Dark fringes in diffraction through a slit (23-24)

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Angle between the normal to the slit and the location of the mth dark fringe

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In general, the angle of the mth dark fringe is given by

Equations 23-22 and 23-23 are special cases of Equation 23-24, with m=1 and m=2 respectively.