Timeline for Constructive interference and maximums of interference
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| Sep 8, 2016 at 4:51 | comment | added | Whit3rd | I believe the phrase 'maximums of interference' means bright bands, i.e. maxima of intensity of the interference pattern. The bands are uniformly spaced, when the ridges move so do the valleys, so there is no second observation for motion of the valleys. | |
| Sep 7, 2016 at 15:31 | comment | added | Maths64 | But if both constructive and destructive were expected to be measured why exactly in the calculation above are we taking into account only the phase 2pi ? Shouldn't we also calculate the number of fringes for destructive interference which has a phase of pi? | |
| Sep 2, 2016 at 4:42 | history | answered | Whit3rd | CC BY-SA 3.0 |