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Thomas Young provided evidence for the wave model of light in 1801 by placing a screen with two slits in front of a monochromatic light source. Where the light waves met crest to crest, constructive interference occurred, appearing as bright spots on the viewing screen. Where crest met trough, destructive interference canceled the waves out, appearing as dark spots. The experiment visually demonstrated the phenomenon of light interference.
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In class, we talked about all sorts of experiments. I would like to sum them up here. For each of
the following, name and briefly describe an experiment that... (a)...demonstrates that light
behaves like a wave. (b)...demonstrates that light behaves like particles. (c)...demonstrates that
electrons behave like particles. (d)...demonstrates that electrons behave like a wave.
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A definitive experiment was Young\'s double slit experiment, which demonstrated that light
shined at two slits in a screen show an interference pattern characteristic of waves of light, rather
than particles. The principle behind this phenomenon is diffraction of light due to this any point
source of light spreads and behaves like a light source.
In the early 19th century, English scientist Thomas Young carried out the famous double-slit
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