3.1 Young's Double-Slit Interference
Coherent waves from two narrow slits arriving in step or out of step, producing the alternating bright and dark bands that defeated a particle-only view.
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2 exercises
3.1 Exercise 1
Young’s double-slit experiment breaks a single light beam into two sources. Would the same pattern be obtained for two independent sources of light, such as the headlights of a distant car? Explain.
3.1 Exercise 3
Why won’t two small sodium lamps, held close together, produce an interference pattern on a distant screen? What if the sodium lamps were replaced by two laser pointers held close together?
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