PHYSICS 1 Interference What happens when two waves are superposed? Somnath Bharadwaj and Pratik Khastgir, Department of Physics and Meteorology, IIT Kharagpur, 721 302 India http://www.cts.iitkgp.ernet.in/~phy1/
Youngs double slit experiment
Youngs double slit experiment At the point P
Youngs double slit experiment At the point P Phasors
Phasors Phasor Addition
Intensity
Intensity
Intensity Maximum Minimum
Youngs double slit experiment
Intensity pattern
Fringes Small angle
Fringes
A different analysis
The analysis
Maxima and Minima Minima Maxima
Particular case y x
Fringes
Check that they are same