Rayleigh Criterion: Minimum angular separation subtended by sources for which images min are just resolved ………. sindark = m /a m = a is slit width Small angle approx: Vertical slit = with << min /a  a Circular slit = 1.22 D is the diameter. min /D Polarization of Light Waves Polarization By Selective Absorption Polarization and Malus’s Law
Rayleigh Criterion: Minimum angular separation min subtended by sources for which images are just resolved ………. sindark = m /a m = a is slit width Small angle approx: Vertical slit min = /a with  << a Circular slit min = 1.22 /D D is the diameter. Polarization of Light Waves Polarization By Selective Absorption Polarization and Malus’s Law