Second: By displacing the source After displacing the source New optical path difference at po int M : = ( S S 2 M ) − ( S S1M ) = S S 2 + S 2 M − S S1 − S1M = ( S S 2 − S S1 ) + ( S 2 M − S1M ) But : ( S S 2 − S S1 ) = Then : = ay ax and ( S 2 M − S1M ) = d D ay ax + d D 𝑎𝑦 𝐼𝑓 𝑥 = 0 ⇒ = 𝑑 𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑂 𝑖𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑙 𝑓𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑒. 𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑙 𝑓𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑛𝑒𝑤 𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑂′ . 𝛿′ At po int O : = 0. Then : ay ax0 + =0 d D yD x0 = − d The minus sign means: the displacement of the central fringe and the displacement of the source have opposite directions