Which mechanism causes increased diffraction when waves narrow?

💡 Explanation

Huygens' principle explains diffraction as each point on a wavefront acting as a source of secondary wavelets, therefore diffraction enhances as the opening narrows because the interference pattern spreads out rather than continuing in a straight path.

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