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Timeline for Youngs double slit experiment

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Apr 16, 2017 at 15:15 comment added MaximusIdeal It's hard to understand what you're asking..., but I think the answer is yes. In the real world, the double slit experiment requires you to consider both single-slit interference effects and double-slit effects at the same time. Most treatments oversimplify the situation by assuming the slits are like "point sources", but that's only an approximation.
Apr 16, 2017 at 14:28 comment added user153175 Ok.. So is it like the interfering waves in a slit again interfere to produce a wave pattern on the screen? As, interference should take place individually in those slits as in the single slit expt?
Apr 16, 2017 at 14:02 history answered hyportnex CC BY-SA 3.0