Department - Author 1
Physics Department
Degree Name - Author 1
BS in Physics
Date
6-2011
Primary Advisor
Glen Gillen
Abstract/Summary
The goal of this experiment was to observe the effects of passing light through a pinhole, more specifically, to observe the interference and diffraction that occurs due to the pinhole and to successfully achieve CCD camera recording of a projected diffraction pattern from a pinhole. This experiment involved the diffraction of a laser incident upon a 100-mm diameter circular aperture. The diffraction pattern is then projected using a 100-mm focal length plano-convex lens. The lens allows for the pattern to be magnified and stretched a few focal lengths past the lens where it can be then viewed using a CCD camera in an optics-free region.
URL: https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/physsp/33
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