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Double Slit Experiment

Higher frequencies for a given slit width and position have the same effect as bringing the screen closer, which is the intensity is less spread out, and the fringes are more closer. In other words, for higher frequencies, since the wavelength is smaller, the intensity is more concentrated to the centre (because the cycles are less wider than the waves with higher wavelength, and hence spreads out lesser).

A similar observation is how cameras of smaller aperture have a wider FOV, but larger apertures have a smaller FOV, but intensity of light remains the same in both areas, giving the larger aperture more quality (but also the bokeh effect).

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