// Scilab code Ex4.13 : Pg:155 (2008) clc;clear; D = 80; // Distance between the biprism and narrow slit, cm Lambda = 5890e-08; // Wavelength of light, cm d = 0.05/2; // Half of the distance between the sources, cm omega = D*Lambda/(2*d); // Fringe width, cm printf("\nThe width of the fringes observed with the biprism = %5.3e cm", omega); // Result // The width of the fringes observed with the biprism = 9.424e-002 cm