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Two Sources, In Phase, Same Frequency: but different paths:

Phase Shift:
$\displaystyle \phi = \vert\displaystyle\frac{r_1-r_2}{\lambda }\vert 2\pi$ $\textstyle \rightarrow$ $\displaystyle \vert r_1
-r_2\vert = n\lambda \qquad {\rm constructive}$  
    $\displaystyle \vert r_1-r_2\vert = (n + \frac{1}{2})\lambda \qquad {\rm destructive}$ (30)



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2001-01-05