Announcements 11/12/10 Prayer Two labs this week (telescope, interferometer) The missing exams… Project progress reports: I’m about 75% of the way done Review:

1 iE stuff e

2 2i iE stuff e e

cos( 2)E stuff 2

0 cos ( 2)I I

phaseshift 2 ( )PL Approx.1: sinPL d

Approx.2: sin y L

Fourier Transforms?

From last time: what did our two-slit analysis have to do with Fourier transforms? 1 iE stuff e

~ each slitiE e

~ i

openareas

E e dY

~ " " iE aperture function e dY

(this is the y-coordinate on the slits, not the y-coordinate on the screen)

2

2

2 2( )cos

L

n

L

nxa f x dx

L L

Adding up phases

…

rel. to ref. slit1 slit 2 final slit0 ...i i i i

totE E e e e e

For an equally-spaced pattern of slits, how do the PLs compare?

Each is a multiple of 1! (Could have an overall reference phase…not too important.)

slits

screen

2 for eachslitPL

In short, we need to add up a bunch of vectors that have the same magnitude (1), but angles (phases)

that go like 0, 20, 40, 60, etc.

For a different position on the screen (measured by y or , we need to add up a different set of phases…

perhaps like 0, 21, 42, 63, etc.

two-slit siny

PL d dL

2

I E

Adding up phases, cont.

…

rel. to ref. slit1 slit 2 final slit0 ...i i i i

totE E e e e e

Quick writing: graphically add these three vectors: 10 + 120 + 140

What about 10 + 190 + 1180

slits

screen

2 for eachslitPL

2I Etwo-slit sin

yPL d d

L

Three Slit Problem: Scanning ThetaThree Slit Problem: Scanning ThetaCredit: this animation and the next one are from Dr. Durfee

Note: for some reason he picked the overall reference phase to be about 20

Thought question

How many “sub” peaks are there between the “main” peaks in a 5-slit interference pattern?

a. 1b. 2c. 3d. 4e. 5

Five Slit Problem: Scanning ThetaFive Slit Problem: Scanning Theta

Note: for some reason he picked the overall reference phase to be about 20-30

Reading Quiz How does the phase shift of a light wave

switching between fast and slow media compare to the phase shift of a wave on a string switching between fast and slow media?

a. The phase shift is the sameb. The phase shift is the same for fast-to-slow,

but reversed for slow-to-fastc. The phase shift is the same for slow-to-fast,

but reversed for fast-to-slow d. The phase shift is reversed for both cases

What is the phase shift? 180

Remember these? “Fresnel Equations”

2 1 1 2

1 2 1 2

v v n nrv v n n

2 1

1 2 1 2

2 2v ntv v n n

If near perpendicular (1-D problem)

2R r 2

1T r

For arbitrary angle

1 1 2 2.

1 1 2 2

cos cos

cos coss polarn n

rn n

1 2 2 1.

1 2 2 1

cos cos

cos cosp polarn n

rn n

1 1.

1 1 2 2

2 cos

cos coss polarn

tn n

1 1.

1 2 2 1

2 cos

cos cosp polarn

tn n

Just the same as strings

The Truth: if at an angle, you don’t always get a phase shift, even if

going fast to slow. (Brewster)

More Truth: sometimes phase shifts not just 180: complex n,

complex , etc.Too much info!!

Back to 1D case

Rays drawn at an angle to make viewing easier. They’re really

perpendicular to surface.

From low to high index: 180 phase shift From high to low index: no phase shift

Quick writing: What does the thickness of this slab need to be to get constructive interference between the two rays?

air

air

thin glass thickness t

What changes if rays really are at an angle?

Optical path length OPL = Path Length n

since wavelength inside the material is reduced by a factor of n, the distance “looks” bigger than it actually is

Constructive interference: OPL ( any phase shifts) = m

Destructive interference:

OPL ( any phase shifts) = (m+1/2)

New situation

Rays drawn at an angle to make viewing easier. They’re really

perpendicular to surface.

What does the thickness of the COATING need to be to get constructive interference between the two rays?

air

thick glass,n = 1.5

thin coating, n = 1.3

thickness t

Pretty pictures

What’s going on here?

http://twilit.wordpress.com/2008/03/15/bubbles-and-interference/

http://superphysics.netfirms.com/pp_optics.html

Demo/Video

Video: glass plates in sodium light Demo: Soap film

Interferometer From lab 9:

Interference!

How does this disprove the ether?

changing optical path length, yields ngas