// Scilab code Ex4.17 : Pg:156 (2008) clc;clear; omega = 1.888/20; // Fringe width, cm D = 120; // Distance between the biprism and narrow slit, cm d = 0.075/2; // Half the distance between two coherent sources, cm Lambda = 2*d*omega/D; // Wavelength of light used, cm printf("\nThe wavelength of the light of the source = %4d angstrom", Lambda/1e-008); // Result // The wavelength of the light of the source = 5900 angstrom