Interference & Diffraction

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  • Interference in Water
    Creating an interference pattern in a pool of water by tapping on the surface at two points. Also includes a slide of a butterfly in a pond.
  • Interference of Sound Waves
    Finding locations in the lecture hall where constructive and destructive interference occurs from two speakers placed at the front of the room.
  • Young's Double Slit Experiment
    The original experiment used to demonstrate that light was a wave, performed here by shining a red laser through two small slits.
  • Interference with Radar
    Tracking the interference pattern from two sources of radar waves using a receiver that slides along a track.

Course: 8.02 Electricity and Magnetism, Spring 2002

Instructor: Prof. Walter Lewin