WAVE OPTICS

Objective: Demonstrate the wave nature of light and determine the wavelength Diffraction of light by a single slit can be described as the superposition of coherent wavelets which, according to Huygens’ principle, spread out from the ... more

Objective: Demonstrate the wave nature of light and determine the wavelength. The diffraction of light by multiple slits or a grating can be described by considering how the individual components of the coherent wave radiation are superimposed ... more

Objective: Demonstrate and investigate how a Michelson interferometer works In a Michelson interferometer a coherent light beam is separated into two rays travelling in different directions by inserting a half-silvered mirror in the path ... more

Objective: Demonstration of “quantum erasure” in an experiment by analogy Light itself can be described in quantum mechanics by means of wave equations. From this it is possible to derive the spatial distribution of the probability ... more