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What property of light waves enables the formation of a stable interference pattern when split from a
single source?

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**Wavefront** is locus of points in same phase, spherical from point source, plane at large distance because radius large, Huygens principle every point on wavefront acts as secondary source of wavelets, new wavefront envelope of secondary wavelets, allows prediction of new wavefront shape from known wavefront, explains reflection and refraction. Coherence, or a fixed phase relationship, is maintained when light from one source is split, allowing constructive and destructive interference to form a stable pattern. Using Δ = d sinθ, y = n λ D/d, a sinθ = n λ, I = I₀ cos²θ, n = c/v, sinC = 1/n, λ' = λ/n and A

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