What are the conditions needed for sustained interference of light waves?
What are the conditions needed for sustained interference of light waves?
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The following conditions are needed to observe sustained (stable) interference:
- The two sources should have a constant phase difference, i.e; they should be coherent.
- The light waves need to have almost the same frequencies.
- The sources must emit waves with comparable amplitudes.
- The path difference should be within the coherence length.
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