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Single-Slit Diffraction
Light, Sound and Waves PRACTICAL PHYISCS

Diffraction at narrow openings

Class Practical: Using barriers in a ripple tank to see what happens to plane waves at narrow openings.

Practical Activity 14-16

Single-Slit Diffraction
Light, Sound and Waves PRACTICAL PHYISCS

Diffraction at wide openings

Class Practical: Using barriers in a ripple tank to see what happens to plane waves at wide openings and edges.

Practical Activity 14-16

Single-Slit Diffraction
Light, Sound and Waves PRACTICAL PHYISCS

Diffraction of a plane wave by multiple gaps

Demonstration: This ripple tank experiment models the action of a diffraction grating.

Practical Activity 14-16

Single-Slit Diffraction
Light, Sound and Waves IOP TAP

Episode 323: Diffraction

Note the spelling – double ff. The first recorded observation of diffraction was by Grimaldi in 1665. The shadows cast by...

Lesson 16-19

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