Optics

Lesson Level 2

Double-Slit Experiment with Light

Doppelspaltexperiment und das Interferenzmuster

Young's double-slit experiment with light. You learn how the interference pattern of the double-slit is formed and which role light diffraction plays.

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Classical Double-Slit Experiment explained simply in 16 minutes!

In this video, Young's double-slit experiment with light is explained in a simple way. How the interference pattern of the double-slit is formed and which role light diffraction plays.

Illustrations

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Destructive Interference - Superposition of two sine waves

Constructive Interference - Superposition of two sine waves

Propagation of a plane light wave according to the Huygens principle

Double-slit Experiment - Basic setup — Double-slit Experiment - basic setup

Plane wave in a complex plane

Double-slit Experiment - distance, angle, right triangle

Double-slit Experiment - interference pattern on the screen

Double-slit Experiment - Destructive interference

Double-slit Experiment - Constructive interference