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Building Young's Double-Slit Interference Experiment?

Posted by Cliff on from the frequency=l-over-gamma dept.

TucsonTed asks: "I am a student teacher, preapring for life as a middle or high school teacher. I'd like to build a working model of Young's Double-Slit experiment to show light's wave behavior. Anyone have info on where I can find some blueprints (size of slits, spacing, etc.?) I don't yet have access to a real lab, so I need the DIY approach. I can use monochromatic light or a laser. If you haven't come across this experiment, and its freakish implications at the quantum level, take a look. You may not sleep tonight." For those interested in the math behind this experiment, you might want to check this site.

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  1. OK . . . by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll
    . . . I know I'm not the only pervert thinking that this is every physicist's fantacy. Right?

    ~~~

  2. no, you're not by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    I was thinking the same thing.

  3. The experiment. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    I've done double-slits. It was awesome. Probably the best experiment I've ever done. The girls agreed.