Young's double slit experiment (shallow slit and deep slit)

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Discussion Overview

The discussion revolves around the observations and interpretations of Young's double slit experiment, specifically comparing results from a shallow slit and a significantly thicker slit. Participants explore various effects observed during the experiment, including banding patterns and the influence of lenses and apertures on the results.

Discussion Character

  • Exploratory
  • Technical explanation
  • Debate/contested

Main Points Raised

  • One participant shares a video of their double slit experiment, noting differences in results between a shallow slit and a thicker slit.
  • Another participant suggests that abnormalities observed with the thick slit may be due to reflections between the two surfaces, emphasizing the typical use of thin slits.
  • Concerns are raised about the effects of the camera's aperture and the potential influence of the laser's lens on the observed patterns.
  • A participant describes an alternative method to observe double slit patterns using their eyelashes, noting the appearance of rainbow colors.
  • Further observations include that banding patterns remain consistent regardless of the slit thickness, and that the laser can be shone onto a wall while looking through the slit to see the dot.
  • There are questions about the behavior of the laser when the focusing lens is removed, including whether the laser diverges significantly and if other patterns emerge without the lens.
  • One participant mentions the need for a microscope to examine the minute laser head and shares plans to upload additional images related to their experiments.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants express various viewpoints and hypotheses regarding the effects observed in the double slit experiment, with no consensus reached on the interpretations or implications of the findings.

Contextual Notes

Participants acknowledge the complexity of the observations, including the potential for overlapping patterns and the influence of different experimental setups, but do not resolve these issues.

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i have posted a video on youtube,where i did the double slit experiment,firstly with a shallow slit,then with a slit approx 35 times thicker,then did the experiment without lens on laser,i would like to have a chat about what it all shows,and what it says to you (any one)
 
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On the thick slit, the abnormality might be explained by reflections between the 2 surfaces. That is usually why slits are thin.

The into the laser photos, is there any slit, aperture anything? how about the cameras aperture it has it's own effects.

Btw. One simple and clear way to see double slit patterns is through your eyelashes. while looking to a small source of light ( light bulb at 5m) close your eyes a bit so you see through your eyelashes. The pattern will appear in rainbow colors as the light has most of the visible in it.
 
Lok said:
On the thick slit, the abnormality might be explained by reflections between the 2 surfaces. That is usually why slits are thin.

The into the laser photos, is there any slit, aperture anything? how about the cameras aperture it has it's own effects.

Btw. One simple and clear way to see double slit patterns is through your eyelashes. while looking to a small source of light ( light bulb at 5m) close your eyes a bit so you see through your eyelashes. The pattern will appear in rainbow colors as the light has most of the visible in it.

thanks for your reply,the banding is no different just more of them,the photos into the laser was straight into laser (still had lens in laser) with dig cameras the processer (i think)likes to hex shapes that are round,with the pin hole shot i loaded at end of video it took 8 or 9 times to get the pin hole to look round and not hex,you can see the banding,i had also found out you don't need to shine laser through the slit,shine it on to a wall 5 feet or 10 or 20 and look through the slit at the dot,i also found out if you hold a double slit to your eye and hold up a lens the slit focas the immage,the strange thing is when the lens is removed the experiment don't work,you get banding inside the slit,like you see if you hold the slit to your eyes,
any more comments welcome
 
kevinfr0st said:
thanks for your reply,the banding is no different just more of them,the photos into the laser was straight into laser (still had lens in laser) with dig cameras the processer (i think)likes to hex shapes that are round,with the pin hole shot i loaded at end of video it took 8 or 9 times to get the pin hole to look round and not hex,you can see the banding,i had also found out you don't need to shine laser through the slit,shine it on to a wall 5 feet or 10 or 20 and look through the slit at the dot,i also found out if you hold a double slit to your eye and hold up a lens the slit focas the immage,the strange thing is when the lens is removed the experiment don't work,you get banding inside the slit,like you see if you hold the slit to your eyes,
any more comments welcome

When you say "remove the lens" you mean the lens that focuses the laser? And if so how does the laser look like? I mean does it diverge in a huge angle? Are you sure there are no other patterns "without the lens" as for an unfocused laser they will be extremely faint ( try photographing with a very long exposure time. Plus they might overlap if slit is too big.

The other effects of seeing patterns through slit close to the eye are known and documented.
 
Lok said:
When you say "remove the lens" you mean the lens that focuses the laser? And if so how does the laser look like? I mean does it diverge in a huge angle? Are you sure there are no other patterns "without the lens" as for an unfocused laser they will be extremely faint ( try photographing with a very long exposure time. Plus they might overlap if slit is too big.

The other effects of seeing patterns through slit close to the eye are known and documented.

yes the lens that focuses it and the small spring,to look at the minute laser head would need a microscope,seems like a small crystall,iv got a few pic on my pc with photos of the laser on with no lens,if you look at some of my older videos (laser with no lens through a macro mesh) you can see the pattern of laser light on ceeling,iv taken loads of pic into the laser (older ones iv broke ) they were £1 laser levels (crap but wanted the laser)and still same patterns,i will load some on to my flicker page iv got some taken of sun light through the slit,link here if anyone wants to look
http://www.flickr.com/photos/46673813@N06/
will load laser without lens pic bit later got pop out
thanks for you comments
 

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