Interference - Microwave (Db. Slit)

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Condition :   Good  
Principle :   Diffraction of Waves   
Area of Study :  Optics, Astronomy  
Equipment :   Microwave Generator and Receiver, Amplifier and Speaker, Rotating stand and Db. Slit.

 
Procedure :   The microwave system with double slit is arranged as shown.
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   References

Michael R. Gallis,  "Automating Microwave Optics Experiments,"  TPT, Vol. 40, # 4, p. 217, (April 2002).

Robert H. Stauffer, Jr., "Finding the Speed of Light with Marshmallows-A Take-Home Lab," TPT, Vol. 35, # 4, p. 231, (April 1997).

C. Swartz, "A Marshmallow Paradox," TPT, Vol. 35, # 6, p. 323, (Sept. 1997).

Alistair Steyn-Ross and Alister Riddell, "Standing Waves in a Microwave Oven," TPT, Vol. 28, # 7, p. 474- 476, (Oct. 1990).

Barbara S. Andereck, "Microwave Hot Spots", TPT, Vol. 28, # 9, Dec. 1990, p. 580.

J. Harris and A. Ahlgren, "Some Simple Experiments and Demonstrations", TPT, Vol. 4, # 7, Oct. 1966, p. 314.

 

J. Morris Blair.  Am. J. Phys. 63, Vol. 60, No. 1 (January 1992).

 

Charles Day, "Time-Reversed Microwaves Beat the Diffraction Limit", Physics Today, April 2007, p. 15.

 

Ol-1,2,4:  Freier and Anderson,  A Demonstration Handbook for Physics.

 

O-030:  "Microwaves,"  DICK and RAE Physics Demo Notebook.



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