The resultant wave may have greater intensity (constructive interference) or lower amplitude (destructive interference) if the two waves are in phase or...
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Double-slit experiment (redirect from Double-slit interference)
through both slits (as would a wave). However, such experiments demonstrate that particles do not form the interference pattern if one detects which slit...
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Superposition principle (redirect from Interference vs. diffraction)
If the waves to be superposed originate from a few coherent sources, say, two, the effect is called interference. On the other hand, if the waves to be...
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wave approach. Thomas Young's interference experiments in 1801, and François Arago's detection of the Poisson spot in 1819, validated Huygen's wave models...
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direction as they move. Interference is the addition of two or more waves that results in a new wave pattern. Interference of sound waves can be observed when...
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on Rb atom wave interference. Quantum superposition revealed by interference of matter waves from large molecules probes the limits of wave–particle duality...
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Coherence (physics) (redirect from Wave coherence)
two waves add together to create a wave of greater amplitude than either one (constructive interference) or subtract from each other to create a wave of...
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Thin-film interference, in optics Wave interference, in physics Interference ripples, in geology Interference theory, in psychology Pass interference, a penalty...
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the detector; after many counts are summed the distribution shows a wave interference pattern. In a Stern-Gerlach experiment with silver atoms, each particle...
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Wavelength (redirect from Wave length)
modulated waves, and to the sinusoidal envelopes of modulated waves or waves formed by interference of several sinusoids. Assuming a sinusoidal wave moving...
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Small-angle approximation (section Wave Interference)
p. 26. ISBN 978-0-471-19826-0. Green, Robin M. (1985), Spherical Astronomy, Cambridge University Press, p. 19, ISBN 0521317797. "Slit Interference"....
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Beat (acoustics) (redirect from Interference beating)
"zero-beat" for precisely tuning to a desired carrier wave frequency by manually reducing the number of interference beats, fundamentally the same tuning process...
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One-way wave equation, for waves running in pre-defined direction Wave equation, general Wave interference, a phenomenon in which two waves superpose...
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opposite to the movement of the wave, or it can arise in a stationary medium as a result of interference between two waves traveling in opposite directions...
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of sound wave produced by constructive interference. Unlike solitons (another kind of nonlinear wave), the energy and speed of a shock wave alone dissipates...
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Electromagnetic interference (EMI), also called radio-frequency interference (RFI) when in the radio frequency spectrum, is a disturbance generated by...
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and is caused by different physical processes. Glories arise due to wave interference of light internally refracted within small droplets. Depending on...
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Diffraction (section Matter wave diffraction)
Diffraction is the interference or bending of waves around the corners of an obstacle or through an aperture into the region of geometrical shadow of the...
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If a quantum computer manipulates the qubit in a particular way, wave interference effects can amplify the desired measurement results. The design of...
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the center or at a location of constructive interference. High explosives that detonate generate blast waves. High-order explosives (HE) are more powerful...
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view or the angle of illumination changes. Iridescence is caused by wave interference of light in microstructures or thin films. Examples of iridescence...
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Coherence length (category Waves)
distance over which a coherent wave (e.g. an electromagnetic wave) maintains a specified degree of coherence. Wave interference is strong when the paths taken...
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Young's interference experiment, also called Young's double-slit interferometer, was the original version of the modern double-slit experiment, performed...
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technique which uses the interference of superimposed waves to extract information. Interferometry typically uses electromagnetic waves and is an important...
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and its principle—wave interference—explained by Thomas Young a century later. Young described iridescence as the result of interference between reflections...
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absorb dyes or with thin transparent coatings that add reflected light wave interference effects. Anodizing is also used to prevent galling of threaded components...
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Moiré pattern (category Interference)
effects of very small movements. In physics, its manifestation is wave interference like that seen in the double-slit experiment and the beat phenomenon...
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holography. An interference pattern between two or more coherent light waves is set up and recorded in a recording layer (photoresist). This interference pattern...
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Crest and trough (redirect from Wave crest)
is destructive interference: the resulting wave is the undisturbed line having zero amplitude. Crest factor Superposition principle Wave Kinsman, Blair...
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An atom interferometer uses the wave-like nature of atoms in order to produce interference. In atom interferometers, the roles of matter and light are...
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