Optics and the Froenhofer Plane

by Seth "Optics Champion" Carpenter and Cabell "Optics Chump" Fisher

April 6 - April 26, 1999


    In this experiment, we studied diffraction and the consequences of spatially filtering the diffraction patterns.  We performed three experiments in one by studying the diffraction patterns of a single slit, wire screen, and pinhole.  All proved to yield interesting results so check them out! 

Table of Contents:

  1. Introduction to Theory
  2. Our Experiments
  3. The Setup
  4. The Data and Conclusions

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