Which outcome occurs when a laser beam encounters small airborne particles?

💡 Explanation

Diffraction occurs, bending the light around particles, because Huygens' principle dictates that each point on the wavefront acts as a secondary source; therefore, light interferes leading to dark/bright bands rather than simple forward propagation.

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