Young's Interference Experiment

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written by Michael Fowler and Jacquie Hui Wan Ching

This is a simulation of Young's double slit experiment. The simulation allows the user to change all usual parameters like wavelength and source separation. Most noteworthy, is the simulation's illustration of the path difference, and how it relates to the wavelength, for each of the points on the screen.

Please note that this resource requires Flash.

http://galileoandeinstein.physics.virginia.edu/more_stuff/flashlet...

Subjects	Levels	Resource Types
Optics - Interference = Interference From Two Sources Oscillations & Waves - Wave Motion = Interference and Diffraction	- Lower Undergraduate - Middle School - High School - Upper Undergraduate	- Instructional Material = Curriculum support = Interactive Simulation - Audio/Visual = Movie/Animation

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Access Rights:: Free access
Restriction:: © 2003 Michael Fowler
Keywords:: Coherent Light, Interference, Young's Experiment, constructive interference, destructive interference, path difference
Record Cloner:: Metadata instance created July 25, 2007 by Enrique Suarez
Record Updated:: July 29, 2008 by Taha Mzoughi
Last Update when Cataloged:: June 25, 2007

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<a href="https://www.compadre.org/introphys/items/detail.cfm?ID=5579">Fowler, Michael, and Jacquie Hui Wan Ching. Young's Interference Experiment. June 25, 2007.</a>

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M. Fowler and J. Hui Wan Ching, (2003), WWW Document, (http://galileoandeinstein.physics.virginia.edu/more_stuff/flashlets/youngexpt4.htm).

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M. Fowler and J. Hui Wan Ching, Young's Interference Experiment (2003), <http://galileoandeinstein.physics.virginia.edu/more_stuff/flashlets/youngexpt4.htm>.

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Fowler, M., & Hui Wan Ching, J. (2007, June 25). Young's Interference Experiment. Retrieved February 6, 2026, from http://galileoandeinstein.physics.virginia.edu/more_stuff/flashlets/youngexpt4.htm

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Fowler, Michael, and Jacquie Hui Wan Ching. Young's Interference Experiment. June 25, 2007. http://galileoandeinstein.physics.virginia.edu/more_stuff/flashlets/youngexpt4.htm (accessed 6 February 2026).

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Fowler, Michael, and Jacquie Hui Wan Ching. Young's Interference Experiment. 2003. 25 June 2007. 6 Feb. 2026 <http://galileoandeinstein.physics.virginia.edu/more_stuff/flashlets/youngexpt4.htm>.

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