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Two-Slit Interference

Try this: Spread the bright fringes twice as far apart.

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About this simulation

Two coherent sources, one extra half-wavelength of path, and light that adds up to darkness.

Taught in Two-Slit Interference

  • two-slit interference
  • path difference
  • coherence
  • fringe spacing

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