Timeline for How does one explain the rectilinear propagation of light? [duplicate]
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| Aug 9, 2017 at 13:10 | history | closed |
Emilio Pisanty John Rennie Jon Custer Qmechanic♦ |
Duplicate of If light rays obey to the wave equation, why can they be thought as straight lines? | |
| Aug 8, 2017 at 20:22 | answer | added | safesphere | timeline score: 1 | |
| Aug 8, 2017 at 20:17 | comment | added | NickD | See the two chapters on Interference and Diffraction in Feynman's lectures (Vol. I). | |
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| Aug 8, 2017 at 19:25 | comment | added | Solidification | @EmilioPisanty already expanded my question. I'm looking for a more physical explanation. My question is why light bends more when the slit is narrow and propagates almost in a rectilinear fashion when the slit is wide. | |
| Aug 8, 2017 at 19:22 | history | edited | Solidification | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Aug 8, 2017 at 19:21 | comment | added | Emilio Pisanty | Possible duplicate of If light rays obey to the wave equation, why can they be thought as straight lines?. If this doesn't answer your question, you should edit this post to explain why. | |
| Aug 8, 2017 at 19:07 | history | asked | Solidification | CC BY-SA 3.0 |