Experiments with Diffraction Hajim School of （与衍射实验Hajim学院）.pdfVIP

Experiments with Diffraction Abbie Tippie (tippie@optics.rochester.edu) and Tammy Lee (talee@optics.rochester.edu) What is diffraction? When parallel waves of light are obstructed by a very small object (i.e. sharp edge, slit, wire, etc.), the waves spread around the edges of the obstruction and interfere, resulting in a pattern of dark and light fringes. What does diffraction look like? When light diffracts off of the edge of an object, it creates a pattern of light referred to as a diffraction