Physies E-Ibx ‘April 11,2017 Diffraction: Shadows Aren’t Simple + Here's a picture ofthe shadow ereated by a razor blade. What's going on here?Physics E-bx April 11,2017 Activity 1: Dark bands from a single slit Let's consider the simplest possible ease: light shining through a single slit. What do we = dufuchve ‘We ean think ofa sit of light as made up of an infinite number of point source, all in phase. In ater words, there Zoi of rays all pode atthe slit / Tt tums out that the fist dark band is found when the rays ate arranged as ir the figure at right. The extra distance traveled by ray a (at the very top ofthe sit) is one wavelength longer than the distance that would be traveled by a ray fiom the very Bottom of the slit (not shown), Given the figure at ight, find an expression for the angle @in temsof the wavelength A and the slit width D. Fo +fo-€) + & = VFO" Wo -@ +g ='FO" e-6 a sinB=2- © © (forsmall anys)” 6 SH Ray eis exactly atthe mide of the slit, Wha isthe exra distance traveled by ry a compared with ay ¢? What ithe relative phase between raya and faye? Le AG. % ass 6 A) 2 Now consider ray 5. Can you find another ray that will have precise destructive interference with ray b? 7 Can you show that very ray will ave deconstructive interference with one other ray? ae Evy Ay ray cance a Vat es otur =t dhPhysics E-Lbx Dat u2017 Activity 2: More dark bands The diagram at right shows the angle forthe next dark band. Car you show that each ray has destructive interference with one other Fay? ‘What if the extra disance traveled by ray ais not an integer multiple ofthe wavelength? For instance, what ifray a has destructive interference with ray d? Will all of the rays get ‘canceled out? Explain, Pat ital gtr xin why sth loin ate p We 4x deck bands Intensity os »® ushen | sme =) as e