Diffraction Experiment Rejects Wave Models of Light
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.53555/ms.v3i4.233Keywords:
Diffraction, Interference, Young’s experiment, Afshar’s experiment, Newton Interpretation.Abstract
The interpretation of Young’s double slit experiment of diffraction and interference remains controversial. The experiment uses an image resulting from a single slit projected onto a second mask. If the second mask slit is placed at the center of the image, a Fraunhofer diffraction pattern is projected onto the screen. One side of a slit in the minima examined the result of varying the intensity of the coherent illumination across the slit. One slit of two in the minima examined the result of only one of the double slits being illuminated. The resultant patterns on a screen were photographed and are on the opposite side of center from the illuminated side of the second mask. These observations reject wave models of light and do not reject the Newtonian model of light.
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