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Young's Experiment

Young's Experiment

 

Objectives

• Evaluate the wave nature of light.

• Find the relationship between the fringe width in the interference pattern and the distance of the source to the screen.

• Fnd the relationship between the fringe width and the distance between the slits.

• Observe the relationship between the fringe width in the interference pattern and the wavelength of the light.

• Calculate the wavelength of light using the interference pattern.

 

Curriculum alignments

• NGSS

HS-PS4-3

• IB DP

9.2 Single-slit diffraction

9.3 Interference

• Cambridge AS Level

2.a Investigation of interference effects to include the Young’s slit experiment

 

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