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Which outcome occurs when multiple uncorrelated lasers illuminate a diffraction grating?

A)Speckle pattern with reduced contrast
B)Sharper, higher-intensity diffraction maxima
C)Single intense central bright spot
D)Dark fringes get extremely high contrast

💡 Explanation

Reduced contrast speckle emerges because mutual coherence is not maintained, and thus diffraction patterns add incoherently, rather than amplitudes interfering to form sharp maxima; therefore, the speckle contrast decreases, rather than increasing, because only coherent beams yield strong interference.

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