PPT-Interference and Diffraction

Wave Optics The wave nature of light is needed to explain various phenomena Interference Diffraction The particle nature of light was the basis for ray geometric optics Light waves interfere with each other much like mechanical waves do. Physics 2415 Lecture 38. Michael Fowler, . UVa. Today’s Topics. Multi-slit interference. The diffraction grating: spectra. Waves and particles, more diffraction. Radio . astronomy. Light Intensity Pattern from Two Slits. Pg. 459 - 461. Properties of Waves. In order to study the properties of waves, a ripple tank is used. A shallow, glass-bottomed tank on left. ~2cm of water is added. Light from a source above the tank passes through the water and illuminates a screen on the table below. Chapter. 36. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. All rights reserved.. 36-1. Single-Slit Diffraction. 36.01 . Describe the diffraction of light waves by a narrow opening and an edge, and also describe the resulting interference pattern.. Presented by. :. Panos. Economou. P.E. . Mediterranean Acoustics Research and Development. , Cyprus. . Panagiotis. . Charalampous. . P.E. Mediterranean Acoustics Research and Development, . Cyprus. deposition . activities . . of . the . crystallographic . community . .  . John R . Helliwell. and Brian McMahon. This Session . Includes several major databases encompassing many fields of the . Up to now we have been studying . geometric optics. . Today we will look at effects related to the . wave nature of light –. . physical optics. polarization. interference. thin film interference. Up to now we have been studying . geometric optics. . Today we will look at effects related to the . wave nature of light –. . physical optics. polarization. interference. thin film interference. Martin Centurion. Department of Physics and Astronomy. University of Nebraska – Lincoln. 1. Outline. 2. Diffraction from aligned molecules:. 3D molecular images with sub-Angstrom resolution. Imaging of transient structures: Molecules in intense laser fields.. not . from pigmentation (dull brown) but from interference in small structures on the wings. 200 . micron . scale photo. 1. Incandescent bulb viewed through a diffraction grating.. Office Hours: I am available before class 11:30-12:10 MWF and after class on Monday and Friday in WAT 233 and by arrangement (. Dr. Quantum. 27.1 . The Principle of Linear Superposition. When two or more light waves pass through a given point, their electric. fields combine according to the principle of superposition.. The waves emitted by the sources start out in phase and arrive at . Learning Goals for Chapter 36. Diffraction. vs. . Interference. Single-slit vs. Multiple-slit diffraction. Calculating intensity . at . points . in . single-slit pattern. .. X. -ray . diffraction reveals . Diffraction of Light. Newton pointed . out in his 1704 book . Opticks. , that "Light is never known to follow crooked passages nor to bend into the shadow". . This concept is consistent with the particle theory, which proposes that light particles must always travel in straight lines.. Introduction I. History. 1895. Wilhelm Conrad R. ӧ. ntgen. discovered . X-rays. 1905 . Albert Einstein introduces the concept of photons (concept not accepted until 1922). 1913 . Max von . 36-1. Single-Slit Diffraction. 36.01 . Describe the diffraction of light waves by a narrow opening and an edge, and also describe the resulting interference pattern.. 36.02 . Describe an experiment that demonstrates the Fresnel bright spot..