INTERFERENCE

PRESENTED BY:
GROUP 3
 MEMBERS:
Mortel, Ana Carmela Bencion, April Faith Bibit, Zhamaeca

Fronda, Allieza Kirzten Sanchez, Joanne Dauson, Anne Janet

 MEMBERS:
Eduardo, Yumi Capistrano, Rey Angelo

Dela Cruz, Alexandrie

Ong, Jearth
 Contents:
01 02 03
2 Types of What causes
Definition of
Interference Interference Interference? 07
Things to
04 05 06 Remember!

Conditions of Young’s Application of

Interference Interference Interference
Experiment
 Objectives:
At the end of the discussion, the students should be able
to:

1. Define what is Interference

2. Know what causes Interference
3. Understand how Interference is applied in real-life
situations
What is Interference?
● The word interference is derived from
the Latin words inter which means
"between" and fere which means "hit
or strike", and was coined by Thomas
Young in 1801.
● In physics, interference is a
phenomenon in which two waves
combine by adding their displacement
together at every single point in space
and time, to form a resultant wave of
greater, lower, or the same amplitude.
2 Types of Interference
● Constructive Interference- is a type of
interference where the two interfering
waves have a displacement in the same
direction.

❖ It is observed at any location where the

two interfering waves are displaced
upward.

❖ It is also observed when both interfering

waves are displaced downward.

● Destructive Interference- is a type of

interference where the two interfering
waves have a displacement in the
opposite direction.
 What causes Interference?
● Interference occurs when unwanted radio frequency signals disrupt the use of your television, radio or cordless
telephone. Interference may prevent reception altogether, may cause only a temporary loss of a signal, or may affect
the quality of the sound or picture produced by your equipment. The two most common causes of interference are
transmitters and electrical equipment.
● Transmitter interference- Communication systems that transmit signals capable of generating interference include
amateur radios, CBs and radio and television stations. Design flaws such as insufficient filtering, inadequate shielding,
or frayed or corroded wires may make equipment susceptible to transmitter interference.
● Electrical interference and your TV- In the presence of electrical interference, you may experience frozen images or
intermittent audio while viewing over-the-air television programs. This interference may be caused by equipment in
your home, such as hair dryers, sewing machines, electric drills, doorbell transformers, light switches, smartphone
chargers, power supplies, computing devices, washing machines, clothes dryers, fluorescent lights, LED lights, or
garage door openers. Electrical interference may also be caused by power lines. Interference caused by your power
company's electrical equipment is normally continuous, and your power company should be notified.
 Conditions of Interference
Sustained interference pattern simply means the position of maximum and minimum intensity regions remains constant with time. To
obtain sustained interference, the following conditions are required:

● The sources must be coherent in nature.

● The two light sources must emit continuous waves of the same wavelength and have the same period.

● The distance between the two sources of light should be small to obtain fringes separated by a certain distance so that we can

distinguish them.

● The sources should be monochromatic (means single wavelength).

● The two light sources must emit waves in nearly the same direction.

● The light source should be a point source.

● The distance between the two sources and the screen must be large. This condition is again important to obtain visible

distinguishable fringes.
 Young’s Interference Experiment ( Double-slit Experiment)

● Thomas Young’s interference experiment, also called Young’s double-slit interferometer, was the original version of the modern

double-slit experiment, performed at the beginning of the nineteenth century by Thomas Young.

● The results of Young’s Double-Slit Experiment should be very different if light is a wave or a particle.
 Young’s Interference Experiment ( Double-slit Experiment)
● A second experiment conducted by Young succeeded in demonstrating that light energy must similarly propagate in the form of

wave-like oscillations, presumably in some luminiferous medium that pervades all of space. This demonstration took place

between 1801 and 1805 (the exact date is uncertain). Young set up a light source adjacent to an opaque barrier in which he had cut

two parallel slits. Passing through them, the two beams of light struck a nearby screen. The unmistakable interference pattern

with fringes similar to the water waves in Young’s ripple tank, was seen to establish the wave theory of light, as opposed to

Newton’s particle theory.

 Application of Interference

The interference phenomenon is widely used in various fields. Some common applications are:

● Used for very accurate determination of the wavelength of light.

● Used for checking the planeness of a surface.
● Used for measuring small distances such as compression and elongation in metal rods or
crystals. Thus it can be used for finding linear expansion, Young’s modulus etc.
● Used for finding the thickness of small objects such as thin films.
● Used for determining ‘µ’ of liquids and gases.
● Used in the production of non-reflecting glasses.
 Things to Remember!:
● Interference of light waves can either be constructive interference or destructive interference.
● Constructive and destructive interference result from the interaction of waves that are correlated or
coherent with each other, either because they come from the same source or because they have the same or
nearly the same frequency. Interference effects can be observed with all types of waves, for example, light,
radio, acoustic, surface water waves, gravity waves, or matter waves.
● Young’s double-slit experiment gave definitive proof of the wave character of light.
● An interference pattern is obtained by the superposition of light from two slits.
● RF interference generally comes from two sources, internal and external. Internal sources are things in the
product that generate electromagnetic noise in the same frequencies as the radio. This can include things like
crystal oscillators, switching power supplies and regulators and motors.
● External interference is typically other transmitters on the same frequency in the same environment at the
same time.
Thank
You!