Apps-On-Physics/C3/Interference-and-Diffraction/English-timed
Time | Narration |
00:01 | Welcome to the Spoken Tutorial on Interference and Diffraction. |
00:07 | At the end of this tutorial you will be able to, |
00:11 | Verify the relation between wavelength and relative intensity. |
00:16 | Find the relation between slit width, maxima and minima. |
00:21 | Calculate the angle for the given maxima. |
00:24 | Interpret diffraction intensity profile. |
00:28 | Verify the relation between wavelength and angle. |
00:33 | Here I am using,
Ubuntu Linux OS version 16.04, Firefox Web Browser version 62.0.3 |
00:46 | To follow this tutorial,
learner should be familiar with Apps on Physics. |
00:52 | For Pre-requisites tutorials please visit this site. |
00:58 | I have already downloaded Apps on Physics to my Downloads folder. |
01:03 | In this tutorial we will use,
Interference of Light at a Double Slit and Diffraction of Light by a Single Slit Apps. |
01:13 | Right click on doubleslit_en.htm file. |
01:18 | Select the Open With Firefox web Browser option.
App opens in the browser. |
01:25 | The App shows Young’s double slit experiment for the interference pattern. |
01:32 | The setup includes a slit and a semicircular screen. |
01:39 | On the green panel we can change the wavelength of the source light. |
01:44 | Here the range of the wavelength is from 380 nanometer to 780 nanometer.
This is the range of visible spectrum. |
01:56 | We can also enter the value of wavelength in the text-box. |
02:03 | Let us see how change in wavelength changes the interference pattern. |
02:09 | Drag the Wavelength slider to 380 nanometer |
02:14 | Click on Intensity profile radio button at the bottom of the green panel. |
02:20 | Drag the Wavelength slider slowly towards higher wavelength. |
02:25 | Observe the graph showing dark and bright fringes in the intensity profile. |
02:32 | As the wavelength increases, distance between dark and bright fringes increases. |
02:40 | Next Drag the Angle slider here we can change the angle from 0 degrees to 90 degrees. |
02:48 | Note that as we change the angle, white arrows shifts their position. |
02:55 | This shift is also shown in the graph. |
03:00 | Scroll down the screen. |
03:03 | Here the conditions for maxima and minima are given. |
03:08 | For more details please read the additional material provided in this tutorial. |
03:15 | Press F5 key on the keyboard to reset the App. |
03:20 | Scroll up and increase the spacing between the slit to 2000 nanometer. |
03:26 | Now click on the Maxima drop down.
Here we will see more options for the k value. |
03:36 | Click on the Minima drop down. |
03:38 | Note that the first minima is formed at 8.6 degrees. |
03:44 | Click on the second minima that is k=2. |
03:49 | The white arrows shift to the second minima in both screen and graph. |
03:56 | Here the Relative intensity changes to zero(0). |
04:01 | Zero indicates dark fringe. |
04:05 | The waves superimpose and are out of phase to give zero intensity.
This is destructive interference. |
04:15 | Click on the Intensity profile radio button. |
04:19 | Here note that the red points indicate zero intensity. |
04:25 | Now click on Maxima drop down and select k=3. |
04:32 | The red point has shifted to the third peak. |
04:36 | The Relative intensity has changed to 1. |
04:41 | Here the waves superimpose to form a wave with maximum intensity. |
04:48 | This is constructive interference.
This constructive interference results in a bright fringe. |
04:56 | Click on Interference pattern radio button at the bottom of the green panel. |
05:03 | Note that the interference graph shows equally spaced dark and bright fringes. |
05:11 | Therefore the value of relative intensity only shows 0 and 1. |
05:18 | Press F5 key on the keyboard to reset the App. |
05:23 | Let us calculate the value of angle for first maxima. |
05:29 | To do so we can rearrange the equation given in the interface
α = sin-1(kλ/d) |
05:41 | Take the value of k as 1 since we have to calculate the angle for the first maxima. |
05:49 | Take the value of wavelength and spacing between slit as shown on interface. |
05:56 | Next substitute the values in the formula. |
06:00 | The calculated value of angle of first maxima is 36.86 degree. |
06:09 | Let us compare with the value shown in the App. |
06:13 | Click on the Maxima drop down and select k=1. |
06:18 | Observe that the value of the angle next to K=1 is 36.9 degrees. |
06:27 | The value is comparable with the calculated value. |
06:32 | As an Assignment
Change the Spacing between slits to 3500 nm and Calculate the angle of fourth and fifth maxima. |
06:45 | Let us move on to the next App. |
06:48 | Follow the same steps as shown earlier while opening the App. |
06:54 | The Diffraction of Light by a Single Slit opens on the screen. |
07:00 | This App shows the setup of diffraction through a single slit experiment. |
07:06 | This set up is also known as Fraunhofer's Diffraction at a single slit. |
07:12 | scroll down to see the conditions for maxima and minima. |
07:17 | Scroll up and select Intensity profile radio button. |
07:23 | Observe that, only one central bright region is seen. |
07:28 | This intensity decreases as we move away from the center. |
07:34 | In the green panel, click on the Width of slit text-box and enter 3000 nanometer. |
07:42 | Observe that a number of alternate dark and bright fringes are formed |
07:48 | Now click on the Maxima drop down. |
07:51 | Observe that the central maxima is at 0 degrees. |
07:57 | It shows Relative intensity as 1. This is the maximum intensity. |
08:04 | From the Maxima drop down select k=1. |
08:09 | Here the Relative intensity decreases from 1 to 0.0472. |
08:18 | Again click on Maxima drop down and select k=2. |
08:25 | The Relative intensity decreases to 0.0165. |
08:32 | Know Click on the Minima drop down and select k =2 |
08:38 | The value of Relative intensity is shown as 0. |
08:43 | Click on Minima drop down and select k=4. |
08:49 | Note that for every dark fringe the value of relative intensity will remain zero. |
08:57 | Here I have made the table to show the relative intensity for maxima and minima. |
09:05 | Observe the relative intensity for maxima. |
09:08 | The Relative intensity decreases as we move away from central region. |
09:15 | For each minima, we have seen that the value remains zero for the relative intensity. |
09:23 | Drag the Wavelength slider to its highest value that is to 780 nm.
This is the region of red light. |
09:34 | Next click on Maxima drop down.
Here we see four bright fringes. |
09:41 | Next drag the slider of Wavelength to its lowest value that is to 380 nanometer.
This is the region of violet light. |
09:53 | Now click on the Maxima drop down. |
09:56 | Here we can see eight positions for bright fringes. |
10:01 | This happens because violet light refracts more than red light. |
10:07 | Hence we see more number of bright fringes for violet light. |
10:13 | Drag the Wavelength slider to 520 nm. |
10:18 | Click on Maxima drop down and select first bright fringe. |
10:23 | Here the first bright fringe is formed at an angle of 14.4 degrees. |
10:31 | Again drag the slider of Wavelength to 720 nanometer. |
10:37 | Click on the Maxima drop down and select K=1. |
10:42 | Here the first bright fringe is formed at an angle of 20.1 degrees. |
10:49 | Hence we conclude that if we increase the wavelength, angle also increases. |
10:56 | Scroll down the screen.
This is shown in the formula. |
11:02 | Here, the angle is directly proportional to the wavelength. |
11:07 | As an assignment,
Change the wavelength to 380 nm and width of slit to 5000 nm. |
11:17 | Use the table as shown earlier in this tutorial for your reference. |
11:23 | Tabulate the total number of maxima and minima. |
11:28 | For each maxima tabulate the value of relative intensity from the App.
Explain the diffraction pattern |
11:38 | Differentiate between interference and diffraction patterns. |
11:43 | Let us summarize. |
11:45 | In this tutorial we have, Verified the relation between wavelength and relative intensity. |
11:52 | Found the relation between slit width, maxima and minima. |
11:58 | Calculated the angle for the given maxima. |
12:03 | Interpreted diffraction intensity profile. |
12:07 | Verified the relation between wavelength and angle. |
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12:45 | This is Himanshi Karwanje from IIT-Bombay.
Thank you for joining. |