Multi-Slit Interference

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  • Multi-Slit Interference
    Interference pattern for a red laser and a white light shining through a fine grating.
  • Multi-Slit Interference with a Lens
    Using a lens to see an interference pattern at a much closer distance. Demonstration uses the lens of the eye and an individual grating to view the pattern for a white light and a neon light.
  • Diffraction Pattern
    Showing that for a narrower slit the diffraction pattern becomes wider using a variable width slit and a green laser.
  • Angular Resolution of the Human Eye
    Testing the eye's angular resolution by looking at a series of pairs of pinholes with different separations to see which ones appear as two distinct light sources.

<p>Course: <a href="./resolveuid/6e90c59f6d1f156789abaea91252bb7e" title="Launch this course.">8.02 Electricity and Magnetism, Spring 2002</a></p>
<p>Instructor: Prof. Walter Lewin</p>