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the University of Massachusetts Amherst: The Department of Physics
This site, from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, provides a demonstration of laser light diffraction around a pinhead. Photos illustrate the demo set-up. A photo of the diffraction pattern shows Poisson's Spot, the bright spot observed in the center of the pattern.
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Title = {Optics: Laser and Diffraction},
Publisher = {University of Massachusetts Amherst: The Department of Physics},
Volume = {2025},
Number = {7 February 2025},
Year = {2006}
}
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