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The Young Double Slit Experiment demonstrates how light diffracts through two slits, creating an interference pattern of light and dark fringes on a screen. To observe this pattern, coherent light sources are required, and points of constructive and destructive interference can be identified based on path differences. The experiment also allows for the determination of the wavelength of light by measuring slit separation, fringe separation, and slit-to-screen distance.

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The Young Double Slit Experiment demonstrates how light diffracts through two slits, creating an interference pattern of light and dark fringes on a screen. To observe this pattern, coherent light sources are required, and points of constructive and destructive interference can be identified based on path differences. The experiment also allows for the determination of the wavelength of light by measuring slit separation, fringe separation, and slit-to-screen distance.

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YOUNG DOUBLE SLIT EXPERIMENT

● A beam of light is shone on a pair of parallel slits placed at right


angles of the beam.
● Light diffracts and spreads outwards from each slit into the space
beyond; the light from the two slits overlaps on a screen.
● Interference pattern is formed — light and dark bands called
‘fringes’.
● To observe interference, we need two sets of waves and the source
of the waves must be coherent (same frequency and wavelength).

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YOUNG DOUBLE SLIT EXPERIMENT
● Point A:
● This point is directly opposite
from the midpoint of slits.
● Point A is equidistant from the
two slits and so the two rays
have travelled the same
distance so the path difference
between the two rays is zero
so it is constructive.
● Point B is the midpoint of the
dark fringe, the two rays must
be in anti phase (1/2 λ
difference)
● Point C is a bright fringe so the
path difference between the
two rays is 1 λ so it is
constructive.
From the pattern we can
conclude:
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DETERMINING WAVELENGTH 𝛌
● We can determine the
wavelength of light using
the double slit experiment
measurement.
● Three quantities must be
measured:
● Slit separation a
● Fringe separation x
● Slit-to-screen distance
D.

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SUPERPOSITION WORKSHEET 2

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