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Superposition and Interference - same wave + same wave = reinforcement
- two opposite waves = cancellation
- two similar waves = partial cancellation
- interference patterns of overlapping waves from
2 vibrating sources
- interference pattern = caused by interference
b/w a pair of waves
- constructive interference produces bright region
where waves reinforce each other (waves arriving
in phase)
- destructive interference produces dark region
where waves cancel each other (waves arriving half
a wavelength out of phase)
- a monochromatic light into double slits produces
an interference pattern
- the phenomenon of interference occurs for =
sound waves + light waves --> interference is the
property that characterizes waves in general
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Superposition and Interference part - single-color thin-film interference = reflection
2 from the upper and lower surfaces of a wedge of
air b/w 2 glass plates
- interference colors by reflection from thin films =
the thin film of gasoline is just the right thickness to
result in the destructive interference of blue light
- diffraction grating = composed of a large number
of close, equally spaced slits for analyzing light
source; produced by spectrometers that disperse
white light into colors
- if the thin film of gasoline was a bit thinner, the
wavelength to be canceled would be = shorter
than that of blue
- if violet light were canceled by the double
reflection of sunlight from gasoline on a wet
surface, the resulting color would likely be =
orange --> orange is the complementary color of
violet
- if you see the color blue reflected in the
interference from gasoline on water, and you lower
your head so a greater angle from the normal
results, you'll likely see a color having a wavelength
= shorter than that of blue --> the path through the
gasoline would be longer, and a longer
wavelength would be canceled; the result of a long
wave being canceled is a shorter wave
superposition and interference part interference colors = that colors are subtractive
3 primaries = magnetas, yellows, and cyans
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double-slit experiment - monochromatic light passing through 2 slits, a,
forms an interference pattern, b, shown graphically
in c
- suppose we dim our light source so that, in effect,
only 1 photon at a time reaches the barrier w/ the
thin slits
- if film behind the barrier is exposed to the light
for a very short time, the film gets exposed = each
spot represents the place where the film has been
exposed by a photon; if the light is allowed to
expose the film for a longer time, a pattern of
fringes begins to emerge
- if we cover one slit so that photons striking the
photographic film can pass only through a single
slit, the tiny spots on the film accumulate to form a
single-slit diffraction pattern; we find that photons
hit the film at places they would not hit if both slits
were open
how do photons traveling through - each single photon has wave properties as well
one slit "know" that the other slit is as particle properties
open and avoid certain regions, - the photon displays different aspects at different
proceeding only to areas that will time
ultimately fill to form an interference - a photon behaves as a particle when it is being
pattern? emitted by an atom or absorbed by photographic
film or other detectors, and behaves as a wave in
traveling from a source to the place where it is
detected
- so the photon strikes the film as a particle but
travels to its position as a wave that interferes
constructively
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Terms in this set (50)
Superposition and Interference - same wave + same wave = reinforcement
- two opposite waves = cancellation
- two similar waves = partial cancellation
- interference patterns of overlapping waves from
2 vibrating sources
- interference pattern = caused by interference
b/w a pair of waves
- constructive interference produces bright region
where waves reinforce each other (waves arriving
in phase)
- destructive interference produces dark region
where waves cancel each other (waves arriving half
a wavelength out of phase)
- a monochromatic light into double slits produces
an interference pattern
- the phenomenon of interference occurs for =
sound waves + light waves --> interference is the
property that characterizes waves in general
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Superposition and Interference part - single-color thin-film interference = reflection
2 from the upper and lower surfaces of a wedge of
air b/w 2 glass plates
- interference colors by reflection from thin films =
the thin film of gasoline is just the right thickness to
result in the destructive interference of blue light
- diffraction grating = composed of a large number
of close, equally spaced slits for analyzing light
source; produced by spectrometers that disperse
white light into colors
- if the thin film of gasoline was a bit thinner, the
wavelength to be canceled would be = shorter
than that of blue
- if violet light were canceled by the double
reflection of sunlight from gasoline on a wet
surface, the resulting color would likely be =
orange --> orange is the complementary color of
violet
- if you see the color blue reflected in the
interference from gasoline on water, and you lower
your head so a greater angle from the normal
results, you'll likely see a color having a wavelength
= shorter than that of blue --> the path through the
gasoline would be longer, and a longer
wavelength would be canceled; the result of a long
wave being canceled is a shorter wave
superposition and interference part interference colors = that colors are subtractive
3 primaries = magnetas, yellows, and cyans
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double-slit experiment - monochromatic light passing through 2 slits, a,
forms an interference pattern, b, shown graphically
in c
- suppose we dim our light source so that, in effect,
only 1 photon at a time reaches the barrier w/ the
thin slits
- if film behind the barrier is exposed to the light
for a very short time, the film gets exposed = each
spot represents the place where the film has been
exposed by a photon; if the light is allowed to
expose the film for a longer time, a pattern of
fringes begins to emerge
- if we cover one slit so that photons striking the
photographic film can pass only through a single
slit, the tiny spots on the film accumulate to form a
single-slit diffraction pattern; we find that photons
hit the film at places they would not hit if both slits
were open
how do photons traveling through - each single photon has wave properties as well
one slit "know" that the other slit is as particle properties
open and avoid certain regions, - the photon displays different aspects at different
proceeding only to areas that will time
ultimately fill to form an interference - a photon behaves as a particle when it is being
pattern? emitted by an atom or absorbed by photographic
film or other detectors, and behaves as a wave in
traveling from a source to the place where it is
detected
- so the photon strikes the film as a particle but
travels to its position as a wave that interferes
constructively
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