@@fluffzxx9615 because for a large numer of slits, the condition for constructive interference of all the superimposed waves is only given at very specific positions. For a double slit what you see is just the interference pattern of two waves, which will have areas of constructive interference, destructive interference and everything in between.
I just tried to reorganize your points in my own words as the following. At a magical spot, each light travel one wavelength further(or less) than its adjacent light. Therefore all lights results in constructive interference at this spot which is bright. At a non-magical spot, each light has a slight phase difference with its adjacent light. Since there could be hundreds of different lights from hundreds of holes, each light can always be paired with another light with a phase difference of about half wavelength. Thus each pair results in destructive interference. Overall they result in darkness at the spot.
This is exactly how I tried understanding it.i took approximately half of the total number of holes and then each point in between the initial and final hole would pair up destructively with another.
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Hi, to keep angles, so green lines, the same, the purple lines should be parallel. We cannot approximate angles because the difference distance is much bigger than wave length. Correct me if I'm not right. It looks the same when draw is not precise but geometrically not. What if first hole will be perpendicular to bright spot and the x hole will be at the border of light point :) but you got good intentions it's the plus
Right at 3:00, you say "draw a right angle", but if it's a right angle there's no way the two lines (minus the "extra part") are equal, because geometry: hypotenuse of right triangle must be longer than sides.
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Wow!! Thank you for posting such a wonderful explanation! I was so confused that how wavelength is determined and you have cleared this concept briliantly!
Beautiful explanation. One part I don't understand though. The angle theta is the angle between the perpendicular line joining the middle of the distance between the pair of slits and the screen and another line that joins the middle point and the point of interest on the screen. In diffraction grating, we are choosing different pairs of slits each time, so the middle point changes whereas the point on the screen remains fixed. How is the angle the same, then?
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For the deviated spot, i think if you just draw out all the possible waves on the same graph you could tell they are interfered destructively by their adjacent waves at each intersection. In other words, I think any space between the integer wavelength lambda will always be dark, resulting in discrete bright spots on the screen.
Hi, one thing I found confusing about this was your drawing of the little triangles near the diffraction screen. Because the angles differ at which the rays leave the screen, these little triangles cannot be similar, or even right-angled, if the short sides are equal to one wavelength in every case. Elsewhere online I found an image of interlocking semicircles with their intersection points joined by straight lines projected to the screen. I found this more helpful (and not confusing).
This super amazing explanation made me think of the animation of 3b1b’s fourier transformation animation, the little dots moving on the sine wave and add up their values is just like the process of wrapping a metal wire around a circle and find its center of mass!
One thing that could be helpful to point out is that in areas of deconstructive, when ever the wave arrives at the screen there will always be a collection of smaller waves or troughs.. even as time passes, as time moves forward. As the trough hits the screen there will be waves hitting the same point causing deconstructive interference and vice versa.
This is super clear, thank you. One thing I was wondering as I looked at this. Shorter wavelengths should, then, encounter these positive interference peaks at smaller angles. And I was trying to reconcile that because I know "blue light diffracts more than red light". But I looked it up, and in a diffraction grating, blue dots would be _closer_ together. I had assumed a diffraction grating would work the same as a prism or the sky. But nope. So the observation of dot spacing with regard to wavelength through a diffraction grating is totally consistent with the model you've outlined, which is really satisfying.
Subscribed, very good explanation. We see stuff so superficially at high school that sometimes I must understand more graphically thr whole phenomenon and not just admit results as they would want us to do it.
Quite a marvellous experiment and of great utility, as the instructor points out and I rightfully admit. However, as opposed to YDSE, wouldn't this experiment be a nightmare to actually execute? We are dealing in lambdas of the order of below microns here, so in the process of exacting our Ds across the wall, even if we miss the mark by a nanometer in making the hole we might mess up the whole pattern right? In YDSE we didn't have such a concern since there were only 2 holes so a slight error would only cause a slight shift in the interference pattern, but for diffraction grating wouldn't the error add up due to all holes and effectively yet a dark spot instead of a bright one all because of physical imperfections?
An electron beam is accelerated from rest through a potential difference of 200v. (1) calculate the associated wavelength. (2) this beam is passed through a diffraction grating of spacing 3 A. At what angel of deviation from the incident direction will be the first maximum observed.
basically correct but shaky should have drawn the 1.1 wavelength difference's angular extension to the 5th hole so as to get (1.1)x5 =5.5 wavelengths difference. This particular ray with 5.5 wavelength difference would cancel the 1st ray. Similarly the 6th ray would cancel the 2nd and the 7th cancelling the 3rd and so on thus allowing cancellation of "smaller angle" deviation by use of multiple ds (d=inter hole distance). In the 2 slit situation only a single d is available so only larger angle cancellation available leading to smudgy or wjder dots.
At the last part when you showed us that if you slightly deviate from the maximum point you said that there will be destructive interference and it will cancel each other out , but won't there also be constructive interference for example after the 10'th slit ?
Thanks, but I'm slightly confused If d (distance between 2 slits remains constant), then at any time no more than 2 waves can be in phase. Furthermore in the maths used to find the equation dsin(theta) = n lambda, you say that the wavelength is the change in x and make a right angled triangle. As it is a right angled triangle the angle opposite the right angle must be the hypotenuse and therefore the two lines must not be the same length and the waves are still out of phase. If I didn't explain clearly then sorry but that's why I'm still confused
Small Bowl I think I understand your question, so let me take a shot.. d*sin(theta) represents the extra distance light has to travel from one opening compared to another. The reason light from several different openings can be in phase is because that distance for those openings will be an integer number of wavelengths. So if the light travels say 2 or 3 or 4 or... extra wavelengths in distance compared to another opening they will still hit the screen in phase. Also, yes in the right triangle you talk about the hypotenuse is a little bit longer then the longest leg, it is assumed the rays are parallel when when leaving the slits, so it is an approximation. But since the distance between the slits is so small compared to the distance to the screen the angle is really small and so assuming they have the same length gives a good approximation, even on the scale of a nanometer. Hope I understood the question, hope that helps. Still attempting to understand it fully myself...
derdudernan Since asking the question I studied more physics and came across small angle approximations. In very small angles it is assumed that sin(x) = x = tan(x) This is the reason it works as the hypotenuse is effectively the same length as the adjacent.
Nice visualization... A smartass could now come and ask why then the spots aren't "infinitely" thin, or at least ~N times thinner than the spot from a double slit, if the grating has N lines. But that would be a whole new lecture.
Bragg's law states that the intensity of reflected beam from the crystal lattice at a certain angle is maximum when the path difference between the two reflected beam from different planes is an integral multiple of wavelength of X-ray.
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I don’t get why in the normal double slit it would be smudgy in the first place, why?
@@fluffzxx9615 because for a large numer of slits, the condition for constructive interference of all the superimposed waves is only given at very specific positions. For a double slit what you see is just the interference pattern of two waves, which will have areas of constructive interference, destructive interference and everything in between.
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I just tried to reorganize your points in my own words as the following.
At a magical spot, each light travel one wavelength further(or less) than its adjacent light. Therefore all lights results in constructive interference at this spot which is bright.
At a non-magical spot, each light has a slight phase difference with its adjacent light. Since there could be hundreds of different lights from hundreds of holes, each light can always be paired with another light with a phase difference of about half wavelength. Thus each pair results in destructive interference. Overall they result in darkness at the spot.
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This is exactly how I tried understanding it.i took approximately half of the total number of holes and then each point in between the initial and final hole would pair up destructively with another.
How does that magical spot even exist mathematically
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I don’t get why in the normal double slit it would be smudgy in the first place, why?
Fluffz Xx cause the waves won’t completely cancel out in between, partial destructive or constructive interference
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Hi, to keep angles, so green lines, the same, the purple lines should be parallel. We cannot approximate angles because the difference distance is much bigger than wave length. Correct me if I'm not right. It looks the same when draw is not precise but geometrically not. What if first hole will be perpendicular to bright spot and the x hole will be at the border of light point :) but you got good intentions it's the plus
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Right at 3:00, you say "draw a right angle", but if it's a right angle there's no way the two lines (minus the "extra part") are equal, because geometry: hypotenuse of right triangle must be longer than sides.
Same bro, even I didn't get that
@@adityamathur5972 i was scrolling through the comments to find that question and some explanation
@@nononnomonohjghdgdshrsrhsjgdbecause the angle between both hypotenuse and one side is very very very small...approx 0⁰..
Cos0⁰=1=(base/hypotenuse)
I think he meant to draw an isoceles triangle.
yes, and that is exactly where the approximation of "D>>d" comes in
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Wow!! Thank you for posting such a wonderful explanation! I was so confused that how wavelength is determined and you have cleared this concept briliantly!
Beautiful explanation. One part I don't understand though. The angle theta is the angle between the perpendicular line joining the middle of the distance between the pair of slits and the screen and another line that joins the middle point and the point of interest on the screen. In diffraction grating, we are choosing different pairs of slits each time, so the middle point changes whereas the point on the screen remains fixed. How is the angle the same, then?
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For the deviated spot, i think if you just draw out all the possible waves on the same graph you could tell they are interfered destructively by their adjacent waves at each intersection. In other words, I think any space between the integer wavelength lambda will always be dark, resulting in discrete bright spots on the screen.
Hi, one thing I found confusing about this was your drawing of the little triangles near the diffraction screen. Because the angles differ at which the rays leave the screen, these little triangles cannot be similar, or even right-angled, if the short sides are equal to one wavelength in every case. Elsewhere online I found an image of interlocking semicircles with their intersection points joined by straight lines projected to the screen. I found this more helpful (and not confusing).
This super amazing explanation made me think of the animation of 3b1b’s fourier transformation animation, the little dots moving on the sine wave and add up their values is just like the process of wrapping a metal wire around a circle and find its center of mass!
One thing that could be helpful to point out is that in areas of deconstructive, when ever the wave arrives at the screen there will always be a collection of smaller waves or troughs.. even as time passes, as time moves forward. As the trough hits the screen there will be waves hitting the same point causing deconstructive interference and vice versa.
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This is super clear, thank you. One thing I was wondering as I looked at this. Shorter wavelengths should, then, encounter these positive interference peaks at smaller angles. And I was trying to reconcile that because I know "blue light diffracts more than red light". But I looked it up, and in a diffraction grating, blue dots would be _closer_ together. I had assumed a diffraction grating would work the same as a prism or the sky. But nope. So the observation of dot spacing with regard to wavelength through a diffraction grating is totally consistent with the model you've outlined, which is really satisfying.
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Subscribed, very good explanation. We see stuff so superficially at high school that sometimes I must understand more graphically thr whole phenomenon and not just admit results as they would want us to do it.
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Quite a marvellous experiment and of great utility, as the instructor points out and I rightfully admit. However, as opposed to YDSE, wouldn't this experiment be a nightmare to actually execute? We are dealing in lambdas of the order of below microns here, so in the process of exacting our Ds across the wall, even if we miss the mark by a nanometer in making the hole we might mess up the whole pattern right? In YDSE we didn't have such a concern since there were only 2 holes so a slight error would only cause a slight shift in the interference pattern, but for diffraction grating wouldn't the error add up due to all holes and effectively yet a dark spot instead of a bright one all because of physical imperfections?
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An electron beam is accelerated from rest through a potential difference of 200v. (1) calculate the associated wavelength. (2) this beam is passed through a diffraction grating of spacing 3 A.
At what angel of deviation from the incident direction will be the first maximum observed.
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basically correct but shaky
should have drawn the 1.1 wavelength difference's angular extension to the 5th hole so as to get (1.1)x5 =5.5 wavelengths difference. This particular ray with 5.5 wavelength difference would cancel the 1st ray. Similarly the 6th ray would cancel the 2nd and the 7th cancelling the 3rd and so on thus allowing cancellation of "smaller angle" deviation by use of multiple ds (d=inter hole distance). In the 2 slit situation only a single d is available so only larger angle cancellation available leading to smudgy or wjder dots.
What screen recording software do you use? I would like to know a good one that allows me to pause recording.
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reflective grating vid would be dope
At the last part when you showed us that if you slightly deviate from the maximum point you said that there will be destructive interference and it will cancel each other out , but won't there also be constructive interference for example after the 10'th slit ?
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How is path difference constant for consecutive waves. The theta is different for both of them
I agree. His explanation is wrong.
Thanks, but I'm slightly confused
If d (distance between 2 slits remains constant), then at any time no more than 2 waves can be in phase.
Furthermore in the maths used to find the equation dsin(theta) = n lambda, you say that the wavelength is the change in x and make a right angled triangle.
As it is a right angled triangle the angle opposite the right angle must be the hypotenuse and therefore the two lines must not be the same length and the waves are still out of phase.
If I didn't explain clearly then sorry but that's why I'm still confused
Small Bowl I think I understand your question, so let me take a shot.. d*sin(theta) represents the extra distance light has to travel from one opening compared to another. The reason light from several different openings can be in phase is because that distance for those openings will be an integer number of wavelengths. So if the light travels say 2 or 3 or 4 or... extra wavelengths in distance compared to another opening they will still hit the screen in phase.
Also, yes in the right triangle you talk about the hypotenuse is a little bit longer then the longest leg, it is assumed the rays are parallel when when leaving the slits, so it is an approximation. But since the distance between the slits is so small compared to the distance to the screen the angle is really small and so assuming they have the same length gives a good approximation, even on the scale of a nanometer.
Hope I understood the question, hope that helps. Still attempting to understand it fully myself...
derdudernan Since asking the question I studied more physics and came across small angle approximations.
In very small angles it is assumed that sin(x) = x = tan(x)
This is the reason it works as the hypotenuse is effectively the same length as the adjacent.
Because of two coherent sources .in huygens theory every point are source .
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Nice visualization... A smartass could now come and ask why then the spots aren't "infinitely" thin, or at least ~N times thinner than the spot from a double slit, if the grating has N lines. But that would be a whole new lecture.
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Bragg's law states that the intensity of reflected beam from the crystal lattice at a certain angle is maximum when the path difference between the two reflected beam from different planes is an integral multiple of wavelength of X-ray.
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