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Light and Sound: Diffraction
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Energy and interference
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Newton's rings
vision limits
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colored spider webs
seeing interference patterns
particle refraction of light
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weak central diffraction line
interference and evanescent waves
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light scattering off sound
constructive sound interference?
Slowing down (and speeding up?) a beam of light
loss of interference in two-slit experiment
beats between airplane propellers
polarization and interference
random light fields
Diffraction vs. refraction
The disappearing finger
Why is the central spot dark in Newton rings?
Geometry in thin film interference patterns.
Magnetic fields in fundamental quantum experiments
Spatial and spectral spread of photons.
Where does energy go during interference?
coupled waveguides
do light interference fringes change?
on the double slit experiment
reversibility of light diffraction
Why is glass transparent?
Can light get through an atom-size hole?
vibronic spectra
Evidence light travels as a wave
Diffraction pattern spacing?
light diffraction
Wave interference and path difference
wave refraction
uncertainty and diffraction
interference and conservation
Hearing vs seeing through walls
interferometers
weight of rainbow
diffraction and conservation
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