For sustained interference, we need two sources which emit radiations:

Having a constant phase difference

The initial shape of the wavefront of the beam is:

Convex near the axis and concave near the periphery

What happens if one of the slits, say S1, in Young’s double slit experiment is covered with a glass plate which absorbs half the intensity of light from it?

The bright fringes become less bright and dark fringes have a finite light intensity

The bright fringes become brighter and dark fringes become darker

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