After completing this chapter, you should be able to
1. Demonstrate by definition and drawings your understanding of the terms constructive interference, destructive interference, diffraction, polarization, and resolving power.
2. Describe Young's experiment and be able to use the results to predict the location of bright and dark fringes.
3. Discuss the use of a diffraction grating, derive the grating equation, and apply it to the solution of optical problems.
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