Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Lab 4 - Fringes and Interference


Working at the table with Cornell Plates to generate diffraction and interference patterns. Several captured with cell phone cameras are below:

Double slit interference pattern

Airy disk from a round aperture made with a diaphragm

The camera is now working, this is its first fringe from #2 double slit on a Cornell Plate. Below is a slice through the intensity profile that could be used for numerical work:

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