In Fig. 35-60, monochromatic light of wavelength l diffracts through a narrow slit S in an otherwise opaque screen. On the other side, a plane mirror is perpendicular to the screen and a distance h from the slit. A viewing screen A is a distance much greater than h. (Because it sits in a plane through the focal point of the lens, screen A is effectively very distant. The lens plays no other role in the experiment and can otherwise be neglected.) Light that travels from the slit directly to A interferes with light from the slit that reflects from the mirror to A. The reflection causes a half wavelength phase shift.
(a) Is the fringe that corresponds to a zero path length difference bright or dark? Find expressions (like Eqs. 35-14 and 35-16) that locate
(b) The bright fringes
(c) the dark fringes in the interference pattern

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