interference pattern
a series of alternating dark and bright bands produced as a result of light interference.
Origin of interference pattern
1- Compare diffraction.
Words Nearby interference pattern
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How to use interference pattern in a sentence
This interference pattern, he argued, appeared because light waves from each slit cancel out and add together at different locations.
Quantum Double-Slit Experiment Offers Hope for Earth-Size Telescope | Thomas Lewton | May 5, 2021 | Quanta MagazineHowever, if anyone monitors which slit each photon goes through, the interference pattern disappears.
Quantum Double-Slit Experiment Offers Hope for Earth-Size Telescope | Thomas Lewton | May 5, 2021 | Quanta Magazine
Scientific definitions for interference pattern
An overall pattern that results when two or more waves interfere with each other, generally showing regions of constructive and of destructive interference. Optical interference patterns are analyzed in devices such as interferometers; the acoustic effect of beats is an example of an interference pattern.
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