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  • @OmarHernandez-qy2jn
    @OmarHernandez-qy2jn 11 років тому +101

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    @shreyanshswarnakar2583 9 років тому +49

    Best video on Young's double slit experiment I've seen.

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  • @LearnItWithMe
    @LearnItWithMe 9 років тому +20

    Never thought optics could be so interesting.
    Thanks a ton Sir.

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    @faisalmohammed7864 11 років тому +6

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  • @DocSchuster
    @DocSchuster  11 років тому +1

    That's EXACTLY my goal here! Thanks so much for your support.

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    @giovannistriano3564 7 років тому

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  • @jotunnhime
    @jotunnhime 4 роки тому

    oh yes this just saved me over 40 points in my assignment i missed my online class and they offer no video recording just slides and the experiment with no commentary. definitely gonna watch more of his videos very interesting and despite my terrible attention span I was listening intensely which really surprised me :)

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    @gracegrace1113 9 років тому +2

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    @hemoisthebestemo1234 9 років тому +8

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  • @DocSchuster
    @DocSchuster  11 років тому +3

    There's a little chromatic separation in person, but it's just a slight hazing of color at the edges.
    What is really cool is when you put water on the ridged side! I'll make a video of that.

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    @subhrajitsaikia7627 7 років тому

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  • @DocSchuster
    @DocSchuster  11 років тому

    Awesome. I have taken apart another 20 monitors since this video and can confirm that they are prism sheets, and diffusers are behind them. I'll check for diffraction in the spring.

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    @ankitkumar.1738 9 років тому +1

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  • @DocSchuster
    @DocSchuster  11 років тому +5

    Haha! Meet infinity - where parallel lines converge. They are certainly parallel and they do keep going, but infinity is a LONG way away.
    You can get a sense of this by looking at railroad tracks.

  • @sufianrock
    @sufianrock 10 років тому

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    • @DocSchuster
      @DocSchuster  10 років тому

      Happy to help! This is really a new age in learning. You will be able to understand anything you have a desire to understand!

  • @DocSchuster
    @DocSchuster  11 років тому

    Nice work! Thanks!
    It's so cool, and I hope every kid and physics teacher takes apart an LCD panel to get one. Careful, though. The thin glass in the screen breaks easily.

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    @jkimt08 11 років тому

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  • @mistree0007
    @mistree0007 8 років тому

    this may sound totally crazy but i am so touched. i found all this so interesting n i always feel like sleeping in my actual physics class.

  • @BCD10
    @BCD10 11 років тому +22

    Am I the only one who thinks he sounds like Barney Stinson from How I Met Your Mother? Thanks for the upload, easy to understand, now I can finish my physics hw.

    • @ulterior21
      @ulterior21 10 років тому

      was just about to say that.

    • @cesarmercado3932
      @cesarmercado3932 10 років тому +3

      Sounds more like Phil from Modern Family! Great vid btw!

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      @rajaalahmar4371 5 років тому

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  • @DocSchuster
    @DocSchuster  11 років тому

    YES! I don't know! It has the most bizarre optical properties, as you can see. I found it in a flat-screen monitor. There's all kinds of cool sheet goods (polarization filter, light diffuser, etc.) in there. I hope someone who knows will be able to answer us, as I am as interested as you are.

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    @nerd9992 3 роки тому

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    @andrewtonton4672 10 років тому +1

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  • @shivambhatyar
    @shivambhatyar 7 років тому

    That was great Doc. Can I please know what that plastic thing is called? Also the second one? Can I get them online? :)

  • @samsamthegreatest
    @samsamthegreatest 5 років тому

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    @nikkob5440 11 років тому

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    • @DocSchuster
      @DocSchuster  11 років тому

      Thank you! You stay cool, too!

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    @shannenlee2253 7 років тому

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    @dberko8230 10 років тому

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    • @DocSchuster
      @DocSchuster  10 років тому

      D Berks I'm so glad to hear it! Keep rocking.

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    @stsfoxfacel9171 11 років тому +1

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  • @DocSchuster
    @DocSchuster  11 років тому

    Sure. There are a lot of variables here, and it's too easy to become confused. Delta l is path-length difference from the two sources. d is separation of the slits. Neither of these is the separation between the fringes, which depends on how far the screen is. You are most interested in theta, which is how I am measuring [angular] fringe separation. To increase theta, either decrease d or increase lambda. I hope this is also conceptually consistent.

  • @monalisadhakal2847
    @monalisadhakal2847 10 років тому +2

    Fun way of teaching man!!I wish all teachers would adopt yours way of teaching then learning could really be fun making.And I wanted to know bright and dark fringes have certain length or they are just points??You havent talked about that!

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    @Blahshamahhaaaaaa 11 років тому

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    @user-py6wp5hm1s 11 років тому

    Awesome!! Thanks to you, I shall pass my physics exams!!

  • @inteusproductions
    @inteusproductions 9 років тому +2

    Coming from a mathematical background, I loved your set notation. Very useful explanation, thank you. One question, if both rays have an angle theta, how come they will converge as they are parallel?

    • @DocSchuster
      @DocSchuster  9 років тому +2

      +inteusproductions They will converge where all parallel lines meet, at infinity. This is embodied in our assumption that the screen is very far away compared to the slit spacing.

  • @DocSchuster
    @DocSchuster  11 років тому

    ...and thanks to YOU! I'm not the guy who's going to pass his physics exam - you are! Go get 'em.

  • @unicore239
    @unicore239 5 років тому

    It is insane to think about how early Young came up with this experiment.

  • @DrSagan
    @DrSagan 9 років тому +1

    Wonderfully explained doctor...
    but i am confused with the formula of destructive interference , you have written it something like this (m-1/2)lambda ,but as i have studied it seems like this (m-1/2)lambda. please sir make me correct..

  • @marutinandan9359
    @marutinandan9359 10 років тому +2

    thanku so much.....most nyc explaination ever.........

  • @DocSchuster
    @DocSchuster  11 років тому

    Thanks!

  • @thomasbradley3609
    @thomasbradley3609 10 років тому

    Hi, thanks for the video. You are a great educator.
    Around 6:58 you mention that the angle between the normal to the first slit and the diffracted ray from the first slit is equal to the angle between the normal to the first diffracted ray and the line containing the slits.
    We can see this intuitively, but is there a specific name or term for the argument which proves this equality?

  • @HM-dm3qg
    @HM-dm3qg 6 років тому

    Damn! You are great teacher! Loved it!!!

  • @susierobertson2703
    @susierobertson2703 10 років тому

    I have my Optics exam in 2 days...thanks for making this fun :P!

    • @DocSchuster
      @DocSchuster  10 років тому

      Susie Robertson Go get 'em!

  • @violinsheetmusicblog
    @violinsheetmusicblog 10 років тому +6

    15:54 That's what she said...

  • @arjabdhakal9852
    @arjabdhakal9852 10 років тому

    I love this guy. Fun to learn.

  • @meboyz8884
    @meboyz8884 Рік тому

    amazing explanation. I just want to ask why did he not pass the filtered light from the double slits from the beginning?why did he pass it from a single slit first?

  • @DocSchuster
    @DocSchuster  11 років тому

    I think you can get to my google plus account from youtube. I don't have another page per se.

  • @throughtheeyesofeleanor9818
    @throughtheeyesofeleanor9818 8 років тому +1

    honestly this made me laugh and I understood it all- that's a breakthrough

  • @SarrouTube
    @SarrouTube 3 роки тому

    you are a very very very good tutor!!!!!

  • @khnahid5807
    @khnahid5807 4 роки тому

    This guy is just too cool to be a Physics teacher😤

  • @MrShamsherbajwa
    @MrShamsherbajwa 9 років тому +1

    this was a great explanation :) thanks!!

  • @brady0340
    @brady0340 5 років тому

    I think that those green circles are the wavefronts and the dots in the circle is the point source of secondary wavelets...

  • @rodmanlouis1505
    @rodmanlouis1505 11 років тому +1

    Better than my physics teacher , much obliged =V=

  • @vasundharabhattacharya5348
    @vasundharabhattacharya5348 9 років тому +1

    Awesome tutorial sir!!!One Question During laser tricks session if we use white light what do we expect rainbow fringes or no interference?

    • @mistree0007
      @mistree0007 8 років тому

      well i dont think rainbow fringes will b observed bec its not dispersion

  • @chelliebelliie
    @chelliebelliie 11 років тому

    Super helpful!! And fun. Bravo!

  • @martinsanchez-hw4fi
    @martinsanchez-hw4fi 4 роки тому

    I feel confused about 7:17. Why, if they have same angle (and they both would hit a wall parallel to the line that separate the slits) have different lengths? that initial difference would be compensated with the adittional distance that the above ray would travel before hitting the parallel wall

  • @1996sagark
    @1996sagark 11 років тому

    To be more precise , for destructive interference , we dont need an half integer of the wavelenght but instead an ODD half integer of wavelength.
    Its logical but makes a difference

  • @ape5270
    @ape5270 4 роки тому

    you lowkey sounds like Ryan Reynolds, I love it! Great vid!

  • @unbelievable1560
    @unbelievable1560 4 роки тому +1

    Can someone help me please. In some notebooks for destructive interference it says that delta l=(2m-1)*lambda/2 and in other there is plus sign after m. Help!

  • @abhishekranade419
    @abhishekranade419 8 років тому

    yo boss! Great video! Great humour! Keep it up!

  • @rachitagarwal598
    @rachitagarwal598 10 років тому +4

    Hey Doc, amazing video. I definitely learned a lot in these 17 minutes.
    I just have this one doubt.
    See,you said that the light waves(let's call them waves) coming out of the slits were spherical. But shouldn't they be forming a cylindrical wavefront according to Huygen's Principle?
    Please just explain this.
    Loved the video. Instant subscribe!

    • @DocSchuster
      @DocSchuster  10 років тому

      Rãčhït Ãgárwáł YES! I'm surprised I was so sloppy. I'll fix that.

    • @tarinivenkatanarayan1579
      @tarinivenkatanarayan1579 9 років тому

      +Doc Schuster why should it be cylindrical?? I don't get it, could you please explain or direct me to the video which has the explanation!

    • @arksrivastava
      @arksrivastava 8 років тому

      I guess it is spherical only!

  • @kairiannah
    @kairiannah 10 років тому

    Best explanation, thanks!

  • @edproject2720
    @edproject2720 9 років тому +2

    Lovely tutorials! But, why the title says ''diffraction''? Isn't it an Interference phenomenon?

    • @DocSchuster
      @DocSchuster  9 років тому +4

      +ED Project (ProjectED) yes, but the fact that the waves don't go straight (i.e., that they interfere at all) is due to diffraction.

    • @edproject2720
      @edproject2720 9 років тому +1

      Doc Schuster Got it! Thanks a lot from Italy!

  • @xavierkiran9211
    @xavierkiran9211 10 років тому

    in the 11:49th minute
    I think that the m value must be -1 for the dark fringe and not 0
    'cos there can only be one central maxima/minima(m=0).

  • @mirabbu922
    @mirabbu922 4 роки тому +1

    I had been reading many books about this topic for a weeks, but after I saw this vidieo it is just simple.
    I want to ask you one question on this vidieo.
    My qustion is I know we start the order of maxima with m=0. What about for dark fringe, can I start with 0 which is the first dark?And then the formula for distractive =((m+1/2)lamda)
    =(0+1/2)lamda=lamda/2
    For the second dark, =(1+1/2)lamda=3/2lamda....and so on.

  • @aditshah1289
    @aditshah1289 5 років тому +1

    aand ive got unit 2 tomorrow too good!!!

  • @asemnafiz
    @asemnafiz 10 років тому +18

    Suddenly a wild marker pen appears at 11:40....

  • @FewOursLive
    @FewOursLive 6 років тому +3

    Equation for destructive wave is it [(m-1/2)*wavelength] or is it [(m+1/2)*wavelength]?

    • @srijanraghunath4642
      @srijanraghunath4642 3 роки тому

      They’re both destructive since they only differ by some integer. In other words, m-1/2 and m+1/2 are still half integers (and since any half integer multiple of wavelength is destructive), so both are destructive. Which one u want to use is up to u as both are correct

  • @hamdaniyusuf_dani
    @hamdaniyusuf_dani 10 років тому +1

    What is the explanation for the formation of circular pattern when the incident light is not at right angle to the gratings?

  • @DocSchuster
    @DocSchuster  11 років тому

    Yay! I'm glad you like physics!

  • @MusicDementia
    @MusicDementia 7 років тому

    Lengths are different only if the screen is angled perpendicular to the direction of the light rays.

  • @sadprose651
    @sadprose651 Рік тому

    what material was the sheet at last? it looked so cool

  • @MuhammadAhmad096
    @MuhammadAhmad096 7 років тому

    3:53 Why did he use two Card pieces. I think this experiment would go fine if we eliminate the first card (one with a single slit in it).

  • @AAASSS-su9gy
    @AAASSS-su9gy 9 років тому

    I have a question why it should be double slit ?
    and Thank you so much for your awesome explaining :)

    • @DocSchuster
      @DocSchuster  9 років тому

      +sachi codo Well, keep watching the next videos for a surprise. But two slits were the first ones explained and they're easiest to understand, I think.

  • @AurelienCarnoy
    @AurelienCarnoy 3 роки тому

    Man. This is awesome. I'm subscribing.
    Question:I'm trying make a video, an
    Elegant way to describe gravity, dark energy, black holes and quantum fluctuations all in one:
    Take a rubber membrane and suck on it using a vacuum cleaner. It creates balloon.
    From the outside, the membrane mimics gravity sucking space time to form a black hole.
    From the surface inside the balloon, the membrane mimics the expansion of universe due to a mysterious dark energy.
    Obviously both gravity and dark energy are the same thing looked from different angle. They are both caused by the energy differential on each side of the membrane.
    The energy differential is, at small scale, called quantum fluctuations.
    At large-scale it is called a black hole or a white hole/big bang
    Then i go in quantum gravity. When energy of quantum fluctuations are locally not equal and thus generates a flow.
    Same principle as Hawking radiation. It separates virtual particles like the waves separates the sand in the beach according to size and weight.
    Is that a good illustration of all of the topics in one?
    Thank you for your time.
    And have a great day.

  • @Photon_mc2
    @Photon_mc2 5 років тому

    I've watched at least dozen of videos on the double slit experiment, this is the first video that regard the fact that two parallel light beams are met at infinity.
    All the other explanations simply connect two parallel beams at the screen without telling why.

  • @stephenboyers1519
    @stephenboyers1519 10 років тому

    In the video you mentioned the rays would be in line, they could also be in phase.

    • @stephenboyers1519
      @stephenboyers1519 10 років тому

      Also, for the destructive interference equation, it should be (m+(1/2)) x wavelegth

  • @buyanimfusi3079
    @buyanimfusi3079 7 років тому

    this is a right angle my hommies LOL
    nice video

  • @jnxmaster
    @jnxmaster 11 років тому

    Doc Schuster
    I've seen other people only using positive numbers for m. That doesn't really matter right? Appart from the fact that using negative numbers for the fringes under the 0th fringe makes it easy to tell them appart from the fringes above the 0th central fringe. Right?

  • @neetisharma1940
    @neetisharma1940 11 років тому

    Wow! I actually understand things :) Thank you :) :)

  • @DocSchuster
    @DocSchuster  11 років тому

    I disagree, but see where you're coming from. When I say half-integer, I don't mean half of an integer. I mean an integer plus a half. So, 6/2 is "half-an-integer" but not "a half-integer." I totally agree that if I were just dividing an integer by 2, I'd need that integer to be odd. All semantics, of course. Thanks for pointing this out!

  • @Santoshsharma-io6ng
    @Santoshsharma-io6ng 7 років тому

    Where have you got that plastic sheet (as slit (s))?
    And laser light too.......

  • @allenwalker8657
    @allenwalker8657 7 років тому +1

    i was really sad when the video ended cuz things were getting interesting.

  • @saminakhalil2470
    @saminakhalil2470 7 років тому

    Really cool I enjoyed it