What is Fringes: Definition and 100 Discussions

The Fringes of the Fleet is a booklet written in 1915 by Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936). The booklet contains essays and poems about nautical subjects in World War I.
It is also the title of a song-cycle written in 1917 with music by the English composer Edward Elgar and lyrics from poems in Kipling's booklet.

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    Distance between two bright fringes

    Homework Statement A new experiment is created with the screen at a distance of 2.2 m from the slits (with spacing 0.12 mm). What is the distance between the second order bright fringe of light with l = 683 nm and the third order bright fringe of light with l = 400 nm? (Give the absolute value...
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    Maximum Intensity Between Dark Fringes, Diffraction

    Homework Statement Laser light of wavelength 632.8 nm falls normally on a slit that is 0.0210 mm wide. The transmitted light is viewed on a distant screen where the intensity at the center of the central bright fringe is 8.50 W/m2. a) Find the maximum number of totally dark fringes on the...
  3. perplexabot

    Finding WavelengthHow do I find the wavelength using single slit diffraction?

    Hi all. So let us say I shine a laser through a slit of width w, the distance to the screen is L, the distance from the center of the pattern formed to the first next bright fringe (next because the center is a bright fringe) is a. Using Fraunhofer diffraction. Given variables: a, w and L...
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    Number of interference fringes visible in the central diffraction peak

    Homework Statement How many interference fringes are visible in the central diffraction peak if the ratio of slit separation to slit width is 3.125? Homework Equations d*sin(θ) = m*λ for interference maxima with slit separation d, maxima are at m = 0, 1, 2, 3 ... a*sin(θ) = m*λ for...
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    Alternating violet and red fringes in Diffraction Grating

    When white light is passed through the slits in the grate and hits a screen some distance away from the grate, different order spectra appear. My textbook tells me that violet light is always closer to the zeroth order bright fringe than red light because it has a shorter wavelength. However...
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    Radio Astronomy. Baselines and Fringes, Interferometry

    As I understand Interferometry, a baseline does not refer to the distance between two RA scopes. It's the distance between two line of sites for each scope. They are parallel, when directed at the same object. Suppose we have two scopes at two stations that are some distance apart, say...
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    Maximum Number of Bright Fringes on a Diffraction Grating with 620 lines/mm?

    Homework Statement A diffraction grating with 620 lines per mm is illuminated with light of wavelength 520 nm. A very wide viewing screen is 2.0 m behind the grating. (Note: 1 mm = 10-3 m; 1 nm =10-9 m) a) What is the distance between the two m=1 bright fringes? (Express your answer in...
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    Michelson Interferometer, circle fringes

    Hello guys! Lets say we have a laser beam and we send it to a michelson interferometer. Why the beam pattern at the screen gives circles and not lines or something else? Thanks P.S. see for instance http://techtv.mit.edu/collections/physicsdemos/videos/9823-michelson-interferometer
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    Wire radius from interference fringes

    Homework Statement The diameters of fine fibers can be accurately measured using interference patterns. Two optically flat pieces of glass that each have a length L are arranged with the fiber between them, as shown below. The setup is illuminated by monochromatic light, and the resulting...
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    Dark fringes for single-slit diffraction

    How many dark fringes will be produced n either side of the central maximum if light (its wavelength is 651 nm ) is incident on a single slit that is 5.47x10^-6 m wide? sin (theta) = m.wavelength/w
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    Light Fringes Change When Intensity of One Slit is Reduced

    Monochromatic light passes through two slits and produces light and dark fringes on a screen. Initially, the light from the two slits is of equal intensity. The light from one slit now had its intensity reduced. The intensity at the other is unchanged. What changes if any will occur in the...
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    Single slit diffraction - distance between 1st&2nd order dark fringes

    Homework Statement Monochromatic light with wavelength 580nm passes through a single slit 2.60um wide and 2.10m from a screen. Find the distance between the first- and second-order dark fringes on the screen. Homework Equations y=(n*lamda*L)/d The Attempt at a Solution...
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    How Do You Calculate Fringe Spacing in Single Slit Diffraction?

    Homework Statement Monochromatic light with wavelength 580nm passes through a single slit 2.20um wide and 1.80m from a screen. Find the distance between the first- and second-order dark fringes on the screen. Homework Equations The Attempt at a Solution y=n\lambdaL/2d...
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    Do Perfectly Collimated and Monochromatic Beams Show Interference Fringes?

    Hi All, Just got to thinking about interference, if we have two sources (say a laser beam split in two), and introduce a phase shift between the two by making them travel different path lengths, then recombine them, we see fringes in the wavefront right. (interferometry) My problem is...
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    Determining Smallest Value of n for Air Wedge Light Fringes

    Homework Statement A ray of light consisting of 2 monochromatic wavelengths, 550 nm and 672 nm, is incident on an air wedge. It is found that, at the nth bright fringe from the vertex of the air wedge for the 550 nm wave, a bright fringe for the 672 nm wave is also formed. Determine the...
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    Interference pattern with some fringes missing

    hi i was wondering whether we can produce a interferece pattern with some bright fringes missing( i.e not appearing at all). If yes..how it can be achieved?:confused:
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    First order fringes being reflected back to the 0 order

    I heard that if you put a laser through a diffraction grating, and then reflect the first order fringes back to the middle point you will create a second diffraction pattern within the bright spot you are creating. I have been asked to try to test this and would like to know whether or not it is...
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    Young's double slit experiment fringes

    I have some questions regarding Young's double slit experiment. 1.The first concerns the no. of possible fringes that will be formed. Sample question is as: Slit Separation = 1mm and wavelength of light is 5250 A. No. of illuminated fringes=? The basic problem is that I don't understand...
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    Interference fringes in Young's experiment

    Homework Statement Explain why wider slits at the same spacing could produce fringes at the outer edges brighter than some of the fringes nearer the centre. Homework Equations fringe spacing = (lamda x D) / slit separation width of central diffraction fringe = ( 2 x lamda x D ) /...
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    Understanding Young's Double Slit Experiment: Why 4.5 Fringes Shift?

    I have a problem on Young's double slits which says that the central bright fringe shifts 4.5? fringes after a piece of plastic is placed in front one of the slits. My question is: Why is the central bright fringe shifted for 4.5 fringes? Shouldn't it be 0.5 fringe instead since maximum...
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    Double Slits - Measuring Wavelength from the number of bright fringes

    Homework Statement A double-slit interference pattern is observed on a screen 1.0m behind two slits placed on 0.3mm apart. Ten bright fringes span a distance of 1.65cm. What is the wavelength of the light? Homework Equations Since we're looking at bright fringes: (m+1/2)\lambda =...
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    Wedge interference - solving for 'separation of fringes' without lambda

    Homework Statement plane plates of glass are in contact along one side and held apart by a wire 0.05mm in diameter, parallel to the edge in contact and 20cm distant. using filtered green mercury light, directed normally on the air film between plates, interference fringes are seen. calculate...
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    Double Slit Diffraction fringes

    Homework Statement A parallel beam of mono-chromatic light (500nm) is incident on 2 long narrow slits: slit width is 0.1mm and the distance between slit centres is 0.3mm. a) How many bright fringes cover the central diffraction maximum? Homework Equations Condition for constructive...
  24. K

    Interference fringes in Young's Double Slit Experiment

    Homework Statement Light of two wavelenghts L1 and L2 (L1,L2 = lambda)creates interference fringes in the Young's double slit experiment. To calculate the least distance from the central maximum where the bright fringes for both L1 and L2 coincide. Given: the distance 'd' between the two...
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    Fringes and Phase in Optics: Solving Problem 35.61

    Homework Statement Hi all Please take a look at problem 35.61 in this PDF (it is on page 5): http://physics.wustl.edu/classes/SP2009/212/homework/YF35.pdf What I can do is to find the "extra" phase accumulated in the glass rod per minute. But I do not know how to transform this into a...
  26. N

    Angular Position of 1st Dark Fringe in Two-Slit Interference Pattern?

    Homework Statement A blue laser beam of wavelength 470nm (in air) is incident on two narrow slits separated by .2mm and produces an interference pattern on a screen located 2m away from the two slits. Find the angular position (in degrees) of the 1st dark fringe. Can you use the small angle...
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    Bright Fringes (Intro to Quantum Physics Qestion?)

    Homework Statement The distance between two slits is 0.05mm and the distance to the screen is 2.5m. What is the spacing between the central bright fringe and the first-order fringe? Use yellow light with a wavelength of 580nm Homework Equations xm=mλL/d The Attempt at a Solution...
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    Optics - Double Slit Irradiance of Fringes

    [Solved] Optics - Double Slit Irradiance of Fringes Homework Statement A double slit diffraction pattern is formed using mercury green light at 546.1nm. Each slit has a width of 0.100mm (= b), slit separation is 0.400mm (=a). The pattern reveals that the fourth-order interference maxima are...
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    How many bright fringes are seen in the reflected light

    Homework Statement Two optically flat plates of glass are separated at one end by a wire of diameter 0.210 mm; at the other end they touch. Thus, the air gap between the plates has a thickness ranging from 0 to 0.210 mm. The plates are 15.0 cm long and are illuminated from above with light of...
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    Ramsey fringes and the atomic clock

    Hi, I'm currently researching into the formation and history of atomic clocks. Quartz and crystal clocks can determine resonance frequency measurements to an order of 10^8, but using Ramsey fringes this can become more accurate. Could someone help me explain why Ramsey fringes are a far...
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    Interference fringes between rectangular pieces of glass

    hello again folks, this is the last problem that I haven't gotten in this week's homework. see attached image. Homework Statement Two rectangular pieces of glass (see attached image, I painstakingly made it with a very fussy/crash-ey program) are laid on top of one another on a plane surface...
  32. N

    Solve Bright Fringes Problem: Step-by-Step Guide

    Homework Statement Original Post: 1998976 Homework Equations The Attempt at a Solution
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    A problem involving dark fringes & light wave & interference.

    Homework Statement Two pieces of optically flat glass (n=1.5) touch at one edge and are separated by a thin stretched fibre at the opposite edge. Light of wavelength 500nm is shone from above and 100 dark fringes are counted. The air between the glass is now replaced by water (n=1.33). How many...
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    Distance between m=0/m=1 bright fringes

    Homework Statement Two slits separated by 2.00x10^-5 are illuminated by light of wavelength 500nm. If the scree is 8.0m from the slits what is the distance between m = 0 and m=1 bright fringes? answer is 10 cm Homework Equations d=m*lambda*L/y (for the short cute..for small angles)...
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    Determining Mica Thickness Using Interference Fringes

    Homework Statement A thin flake of mica (n= 1.58) is used to cover one slit of a double slit interference arrangement. The central point on the viewing screen is now covered by what had been the 9th bright fringe before the mica was used. What is the thickness of mica if light of wavelength...
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    Bright and dark fringes between two slits - waves

    Homework Statement Explain why we observe bright and dark fringes behind two thin slits illuminated by monochromatic light? Homework EquationsExplain and justify the mathematical condition that determines whether a dark or bright fringe is formed. The Attempt at a Solution
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    Radii of Bright Fringes in Reflected Light for Plano-Convex Lens

    Homework Statement A plano-convex glass lens of radius of curvature 2.6 m rests on an optically flat glass plate. The arrangement is illuminated from above with monochromatic light of 565-nm wavelength. The indexes of refraction of the lens and plate are 1.6. Determine the radii of the first...
  38. M

    Why Do Fringes Occur on Lens of Mobile Camera?

    Below is the picture of a Newton rigns experiment but u can see the rings at the lens surface outside the apparatus , what is the reason for these fringes to occur ? The pic was taken with a mobile camera (2MP) 1st explanation :I think this is like two virtual sources of fresnel biprism ...
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    Calculating Film Thickness: Interference Fringes with L = 500nm Incident Light

    1. Light of wavelength L = 500nm, produced by an extended source, is incident at an angle of 30o from the normal upon a dielectric film of refractive index n = 2 supported on a solid planar substrate. Reflectivity minima are observed to have an angular separation of 0.05 radians. What is the...
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    Destructive interference and fringes

    I am looking for the distance between the 2nd and 3rd DARK fringes on a screen. Monochromatic, coherent light is shone through 2 slits a distance d apart. Wavelength is L. Distance between grating and screen is R. The formula I am using is: [(R(5/2)L)/d - (R(3/2)L)/d] I am using 5/2...
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    Tripling the Distance between Bright Fringes

    Homework Statement A board has two small slits separated by a small distance d. A light ray of a certain wavelength is shone through the holes. A screen is placed in front of the holes and bright fringes are displayed on it. If the light wavelength is 440 nm, the distance between the...
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    How many bright rings are produced in Newton's Rings experiment?

    Figure 35-46a shows a lens with radius of curvature R lying on a flat glass plate and illuminated from above by light with wavelength . Figure 35-46b, a photograph taken from above the lens, shows that circular interference fringes (called "Newton's rings") appear, associated with the variable...
  43. S

    Calculating Number of Fringes with Wavelength and Slit Width

    1. How many dark fringes will be produced on either side of the central maximum if light ( = 553 nm) is incident on a single slit that is 5.1 10-6 m wide? 2. sin theta = m (lamba/ W) lamba = wavelength W = slit width m - number of fringes 3. I have no idea how to do this...
  44. K

    Interference fringes with reflected light

    Homework Statement A point source of light (λ = 589 nm) is placed 0.4 mm above the surface of a glass mirror. Interference fringes are observed on a screen 6m away, and the interference is coming from light reflecting off the mirror and light coming directly from the source. Find the...
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    Why Is the Fringe at the Narrow End of a Wedge Always Dark?

    For a solid wedge of material of length L and maximum width D (ie, a triangle) how would one obtain an equation for /\x, the distance between dark fringes? For wedge fringes, how come the fringe at the narrow end is always dark?
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    Does a beam of entangled photons create interference fringes?

    Does a single beam of entangled photons create interference? Hi, This question has come up in an FTL thread going on right now. I've seen two different answers to this question, and I'd be interested if anyone knows the real answer. Here's the setip: shine a laser beam on a crystal which...
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    Light: Fringes and Interference

    Coherent light with wavelength 597 nm passes through two very narrow slits, and the interference pattern is observed on a screen a distance of 3.00 m from the slits. The first-order bright fringe is a distance of 4.84 mm from the center of the central bright fringe. For what wavelength of...
  48. maverick280857

    Young's Double Slit Experiment: Interference Fringes with Electrons?

    Hi I just want to know...will interference FRINGES be observed when electrons are used instead of photons (light) in case of Young's Double Slit Experiment? What will be observed? Thanks and cheers Vivek
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    Michelson Interferometer and white light fringes

    Hi, I conducted an experiment with the Michelson Inteferometer to obeserve white light fringes but I cannot explain the presence of a central black fringes. I understand a phase shift of pi is introduced in one of the beams but where/how does this shift occur? thanks
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    Solving Dark Fringes Problem with 651nm Light & 5.47x10^-6m Slit

    Hey, another question I'm working on. How many dark fringes will be produced on either side of the central maximum if light, (651nm) is incident on a single slit that is 5.47 x 10^-m wide? Ok, I figure I could use this forumula sin@= m x lambda/Width. Am I trying to locate the maximum m...
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