Diffraction and interference

Subject: Physics

Grade: Upper Secondary

Publisher: YDP

Resource types: Whiteboard presentation

Resource ID: h2689
Description:

At the end of this activity, students should be able to:
– state Huygens' Principle
– describe the phenomena of wave interference and wave diffraction
– describe Young's experiment
– explain the type of image that can be obtained when monochromatic light passes through a diffraction grating and also the type obtained when white light is used
– explain the idea of light wavelength measurement with a diffraction grating.

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Secondary School

Upper Secondary (Grades 10-12)

Physics

Electromagnetic waves

90. Diffraction and interference

YDP SA

Keywords

experiment, light, reflection, wavelength, maximum, young, principle, wave, measure, destructive, diffraction, interference, constructive, slit, Diffraction and interference, grating, young's, Huygens, fringes, huygen's

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