In a Fraunhofer's diffraction obtained by a single slit aperture,the value of path difference for $n^{th}$ order of minima is

  • A
    $n\lambda$
  • B
    $2n\lambda$
  • C
    $\frac{(2n - 1)\lambda}{2}$
  • D
    $(2n - 1)\lambda$

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