4.4+Wave+Behaviour

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=**// Interference and Wave Nature of Light //**=

The downloadable Java Applets were taken either from [|PhET] or [|Open Source Physics].
 * [|Wave Interference] || [[image:http://www.cabrillo.edu/~jmccullough/Applets/PhET/Images/wave-interference-screenshot.png width="300" height="200" link="http://www.cabrillo.edu/~jmccullough/Applets/PhET/wave-interference_en.jar"]] || Make waves with a dripping faucet, audio speaker, or laser! Add a second source or a pair of slits to create an interference pattern. ||
 * [|Two Source Interference] || [[image:http://www.cabrillo.edu/~jmccullough/Applets/OSP/Oscillations_and_Waves/Images/ejs_ehu_waves_interference.jpg width="150" height="100" align="center" link="http://www.cabrillo.edu/~jmccullough/Applets/OSP/Oscillations_and_Waves/waves_interference.jar"]] || The Two Source Interference model displays the interference pattern on a screen due to two point sources. The simulation allows an arbitrarily superposition of the two sources and shows both the current intensity and running average of the intensity on the screen. ||
 * [|Optics Interference] || [[image:http://www.cabrillo.edu/~jmccullough/Applets/OSP/Oscillations_and_Waves/Images/two_slit_small.jpg width="148" height="147" align="center" link="http://www.cabrillo.edu/~jmccullough/Applets/OSP/Oscillations_and_Waves/optics_interference.jar"]] || The Optics Interference program simulates a ripple tank by showing the intensity of waves produced by a point source. Adding multiple point sources creates easily observable interference patterns showing constructive and destructive interference. Users can add point sources, move them around and change their wavelength. ||
 * [|Double Slit Interference] || [[image:http://www.cabrillo.edu/~jmccullough/Applets/Other_Applet_Images/Optics/Double%20Slit%20Interference.JPG width="300" height="200" align="center" link="http://www.walter-fendt.de/ph14e/doubleslit.htm"]] || This applet shows the interference of light on a screen from double slit interference. The user can control the wavelength and slit spacing. ||
 * [|Young's Double Slit Interference] || [[image:http://www.cabrillo.edu/~jmccullough/Applets/Other_Applet_Images/Optics/Youngs%20Double%20Slit.JPG width="300" height="200" align="center" link="http://dev.physicslab.org/asp/applets/doubleslit/default.asp"]] || This applet also shows the interference of light on a screen from double slit interference. The user can control the wavelength, slit spacing, and distance to the screen. ||
 * Single Slit Diffraction || [[image:http://www.cabrillo.edu/~jmccullough/Applets/Other_Applet_Images/Optics/Single%20Slit%20Diffraction.JPG width="300" height="200" link="http://www.walter-fendt.de/ph14e/singleslit.htm"]] || This applet also shows the diffraction of light by a single slit. The user can control the wavelength and slit width. ||
 * [|Multiple Slit Diffraction] || [[image:http://www.cabrillo.edu/~jmccullough/Applets/OSP/Optics/Images/multiple_slit.jpg width="150" height="49" align="center" link="http://www.cabrillo.edu/~jmccullough/Applets/OSP/Optics/MultipleSlitDiffraction.jar"]] || The Multiple Slit Diffraction model allows the user to simulate Fraunhofer diffraction through single or multiple slits. The user can modify the number of slits, the slit width, the slit separation and the wavelength of the incident light. The scale of the diffraction pattern can also be changed and a plot of the light intensity can be toggled on and off with a checkbox. ||
 * [|Two-Color Multiple Slit Diffraction] || [[image:http://www.cabrillo.edu/~jmccullough/Applets/OSP/Optics/Images/TwoColorMultipleSlit_icon.jpg width="150" height="83" align="center" link="http://www.cabrillo.edu/~jmccullough/Applets/OSP/Optics/TwoColorMultipleSlitDiffraction.jar"]] || The Two-Color Multiple Slit Diffraction Model allows users to explore multiple slit diffraction by manipulating characteristics of the aperture and incident light to observe the resulting intensity. An exploration of resolving power in spectroscopy is included in the model. ||
 * [|Optical Resolution] || [[image:http://www.cabrillo.edu/~jmccullough/Applets/OSP/Optics/Images/OpticalResolution.jpg width="150" height="150" align="center" link="http://www.cabrillo.edu/~jmccullough/Applets/OSP/Optics/optics_OpticalResolution.jar"]] || The Optical Resolution model computes the image from two point sources as seen through a circular aperture such as a telescope or a microscope. The simulation allows the user to vary the distance between the light sources and the diameter of the aperture, as well as the intensity of the light source. ||

The Flash Animations were all taken from [|David M. Harrison] from the University of Toronto.

Click on the image below:

Diffraction: bending of light around the obstacles

 * **Diffraction** is a spreading of light around the edges of obstacles.[[image:http://www.ualberta.ca/~pogosyan/teaching/PHYS_130/images/diffraction.GIF width="324" height="357" align="left" link="@http://www.ualberta.ca/~pogosyan/teaching/PHYS_130/FALL_2010/lectures/lect35/lecture35.html"]] [[image:http://www.ualberta.ca/~pogosyan/teaching/PHYS_130/images/knife_edge.jpg width="426" height="233" align="right"]]