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That indeed gives a better picture of the situation and I think it actually explains a large part of my doubt. Yes, this is what I was actually thinking about. So, now I believe, since each point source at the left creates its own Fresnel diffraction pattern after encountering the edge of the...

In the above diagram, I have illustrated what is written in the summery. So, if the thickness and refractive index of the material are chosen such that the part of the wave that travels through the slab acquires a path difference of λ/2 and at the right end if I keen another convex lens so as to...