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What color is next to white and what is the farthest from white in the interference pattern when a source of white light is used in Young's Double Slit experiment?
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I think the farthest color next to white is red
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Why narrow slits are taken in Young's double slit interference experiment?
to provide sufficient diffraction.
What is a reason of no interference pattern?
interference happens if and only if the waves entering the double slits are synchronous (having same nature and same wavelength) and coherent (waves between the two waves are constant at anytime i.e. starting at the same time)... so if these conditions are valid, interference occurs, otherwise no interference will happen.
Which properties of light defines light as a wave?
It can be reflected, refracted and polarised. It also shows the phenomenon of interference. (Young's double slit experiment) The above are the properties of waves. Light shows these properties and thus, this defines light as a wave.
Conditions for interference of light?
You mean conditions for getting sustained interference pattern with clarity. 1. Sources have to be monochromatic and coherent 2. Two sources have to be so close as far as possible 3. The screen is to be kept at far distance
What is the discovery of Thomas Young about light?
thomas young carried out his (double slit experiment) where he discussed the interference of light waves using monochromatic light . the 2 slits act as 2 coherent sources which emit light with same amplitude frequency . interference fringes appear due to superposition of light . this experiment is also used to determine the wavelength of monochromatic light. from the relation y=wavelength*distance between 2 slits /distance between the 2 slits and the screen where the fringes appear . where y is the distance between 2 successive bright or dark fringes.
Is the fresnel biprism experiment better than young's double slit experiment?
yes,because in fresnel biprism the fringe width can be increased so that the dark and bright fringes can be seen clearly by naked eyes..but there is no such problem in fresnel biprism.. in young's double slit experiment, the pattern is the superposition of interference and diffraction. but in fresnel biprism it is purely interference pattern.
Why narrow slits are taken in Young's double slit interference experiment?
to provide sufficient diffraction.
Is interference a special case of diffraction or diffraction is a special case of interference?
neither is the case since diffraction involves the bending of waves upon contact or lack thereof of a physical boundary. a double slit experiment works on the basis of diffraction and also forms a distinctive interference pattern so in this case the two are related and the diffraction causes the interference but isn't necessarily a case of interference.
What happens when a third slit is introduced in Young's double slit experiment?
Born's rule predicts that interference patterns from three or more slits is equivalent to combining the effects of several double slit experiments. This rule was validated in an experiment done at the University of Waterloo in 2010.
What experiment could you perform to determine whether a beam was behaving as a wave or a stream of particles?
The double slit experiment. Waves would difract and interfere with itself creating a characterisitc interference pattern whereas particles would just go right through and hit the other side, with a two parallel lined pattern. Light behaves as both wave and particles, depending on whether it's being observed or not.
What happens if 2 light waves with the same amplitude interfere?
Their amplitude is not the important variable - their frequency is . If two light waves of the same frequency interact, then an interference pattern will be seen. This is the basis of the 'double slit' experiment designed to demonstrate that light may be considered to indeed be waves.
What is a reason of no interference pattern?
interference happens if and only if the waves entering the double slits are synchronous (having same nature and same wavelength) and coherent (waves between the two waves are constant at anytime i.e. starting at the same time)... so if these conditions are valid, interference occurs, otherwise no interference will happen.
What was the eventual conclusion to the double slit experiment?
That both photons AND electrons exhibit interference patterns when they have a choice of slits to go through, even if these particles leave the emitter and hit the detector one at a time. It is as if the particles are interfering with themselves.
Which properties of light defines light as a wave?
It can be reflected, refracted and polarised. It also shows the phenomenon of interference. (Young's double slit experiment) The above are the properties of waves. Light shows these properties and thus, this defines light as a wave.
How can be particle is equal to wave in nature?
The perfect example of this is the electron. In the 50's an experiment was done, now often just referred to as the double split experiment. When particles are shot through a solid object with 2 slits onto a backboard, they create 2 lines where they hit. When a wave passes through the same 2 slits, it creates an interference pattern on the backboard.An interference pattern is caused by the wave being broken in 2. Where the peaks or troughs of the waves hit together they add together, where one peak and one trough hit together they cancel each other out. So you get strong lines in the middle where the peaks and troughs hit most, with softer lines the further out you go.In this experiment, which has been repeated many times since, the electrons created an interference pattern. It was believed at first that they were bouncing off each other creating that outcome, so they ran the experiment again firing one electron at a time. They still got the interference pattern showing that electrons were waves of energy, not particles. Next, they set up a device to measure where they electrons passed through, and they got the 2 lines that are caused by particles. This showed that when not being observed, electrons are a wave of energy, but as soon as we use any method we currently have to observe them, they become particles. Even modern physicists don't clearly understand how this happens, or even agree on exactly what causes it.
What is an example of destructive interference?
The [interference] combination of a crest with a trough. The combination of two crests results in double-positive reinforcement while the combination of two troughs results in double negative reinforcement.
What condition determines the point at which the first maximum on either side of the central maximum is located in a double-slit interference pattern?
The difference in paths from each slit to that point is a single wavelength.
