Open AccessMeasurements of slit-width effects in Young’s double-slit experiment for a partially-coherent source
Author(s) -
Brett J. Pearson,
Natalie Ferris,
Ruthie Strauss,
Hongyi Li,
David Jackson
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
osa continuum
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.592
H-Index - 8
ISSN - 2578-7519
DOI - 10.1364/osac.1.000755
Subject(s) - slit , double slit experiment , optics , slit lamp , physics , materials science , quantum , quantum mechanics
We provide measurements of Young’s double-slit experiment using a partially-coherent light source consisting of a helium-neon laser incident on a rotating piece of white paper. The data allow a quantitative comparison with both the standard theory that does not account for the width of the slits, and a full, analytic model that does. The data agree much more favorably with the full calculation.
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