Advanced Placement / Physics

Interference and Diffraction

In this lab, students shine laser light through a double-slit aperture onto paper, measure the distances between the maxima of the resulting interference pattern, and use the principles associated with double-slit interference and diffraction to determine the spacing between the slits.

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Standards Correlations

IB Topics	AP Topics
4.4; 9.2; 9.3	6.C.3.1

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Diffraction Plate

A diffraction plate with 10 different apertures.

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Wireless Diffraction System with Track

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