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Young's Double Slit Experiment

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This shows Thomas Young's double slit experiment using a laser pen and a couple of pencil leads. When light shines through two slits between the leads, the two waves coming out interfere and the result is shown on the wall. Interference also occurs with one slit, because light wavelets from each side of the slit interfere with each other. The difference is that with two slits, there is an amplitude envolope not seen with a single slit. However, this is not seen in this video.

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Young's Double Slit Experiment

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  • nice to see a ...

    nice to see a practical demonstration of this experiment.
    A version I can actually verify first hand.

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  • The laser wave just ...

    The laser wave just goes straight, yeah. But when it goes through the little gap, it diffracts like a ripple. The two ripples interfere then.

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  • i dont rly c it :/ ...

    i dont rly c it :/
    doesnt the normal experiment happen becus the light travels in waves moving outward
    but a laser is just waves moving in a straight line,

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