Young’s Double Slit Experiment
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screenbehindtheslits aswouldbe expected iflightbehavedsolelyasparticles
aninterferencepatternoralternatingbrightanddarkfringesappears
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Diffraction Aslightpassesthroughtheslits it spreads out ordiffracts If light
werepurelymadeofparticles youwouldexpectadistinctspotscorrespondingtotheslits
Instead thelightdiffractsandoverlapsleadingtotheinterference pattern
Interferenceframe theappearanceorbrightanddarkfringesonthescreenbehindtheslits
istheprimaryevidenceThispatternarisesbecauselightwavesinterference
withoneanother constructivelywherethewavesreinforceeachother brightfringes
and destructivelywheretheycanceleachotherout darkfringe This
behaviour isuniquetowavesand demonstrates thatlight canbehave
like wave antinodal bright
fringes
nodal dark fringes
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Taestrasernegywithouttransferormedium
Lightis aformorelectromagneticradiation
Lighttravelsthrough avacuum
Electromagneticradiation istheresult
oraselfpropagating combinationorelectricandmagneticfields
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B
magneticfield
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tothedirectionortravel
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Mar1th halls
airesiani Faction Impression
Taelnathisthedrectionbeween
onepartorthewaveandthecorrespondingpartorthenextwave
eg cresttocrest symbol X m
waveamplitude isthe heightorthewave
Period isthetimebetween 2wavefront T s
Frequency thenoor wavefronts seconds
2 is 1
f period T
frequency t
Hz 5 2 time s
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electricfieldin thedirectionorthemotionand a
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sina ph EMradiationoccursin a spectrum or
frequencies wavelengths
Fuates
that alightsourceemitslightwavesthatspreadin alldirections
inaction seniti inmovingfromonemedium to another
H2
Diffraction bendingaroundobjects frequency
Reflection um
C
fX wavelength m
f tiff
EtnstruE Inferferente iaximum
ftp.t mmen
displacement
crestmeetstrough destructiveinterference nodes
anna am as a man am a a ma waterwaves
aroundobstaclesplaceintheirpain a amazon.m.mn
insentences
Tprovideeidnceforthewaemdeolghtbydmonstrating no
wlightbehowessimilarlytowaveswhenitpassesthrough a closelyspacedslits
Intheexperiment
Lightisshonethroughtheslits and insteadofsimplyproducing abrightspots on a
screenbehindtheslits aswouldbe expected iflightbehavedsolelyasparticles
aninterferencepatternoralternatingbrightanddarkfringesappears
akeypiecesevidence
Diffraction Aslightpassesthroughtheslits it spreads out ordiffracts If light
werepurelymadeofparticles youwouldexpectadistinctspotscorrespondingtotheslits
Instead thelightdiffractsandoverlapsleadingtotheinterference pattern
Interferenceframe theappearanceorbrightanddarkfringesonthescreenbehindtheslits
istheprimaryevidenceThispatternarisesbecauselightwavesinterference
withoneanother constructivelywherethewavesreinforceeachother brightfringes
and destructivelywheretheycanceleachotherout darkfringe This
behaviour isuniquetowavesand demonstrates thatlight canbehave
like wave antinodal bright
fringes
nodal dark fringes
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