The equation $$\frac{\Delta x}{L} = \frac{\lambda}{d}$$ describes the relationship between the diffraction pattern size (ΔX), distance to the observation screen (L), wavelength (λ), and the size of the aperture (d). In this context, as the aperture size (d) increases, the size of the main diffraction lobe (ΔX) decreases, demonstrating an inverse relationship. Specifically, doubling the aperture size results in halving the diffraction pattern size, while tripling the aperture size reduces it to one-third. This relationship is crucial for understanding wave diffraction phenomena.
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The equation in the thread title (which should be here in your post) istotomyl said:Can someone explain to me the relationships with this equation (and probably any other equation). For example i don't fully understand how the ΔX is inversely related to the d.
totomyl said:I have an idea of how this is so, however i can't really picture it with numbers. If you could explain the relationships and how they work that would be nice ty.