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Young’s Double Slit Experiment… With Water Waves!. In the early 1800’s Thomas Young conducted his famous experiment, which demonstrated the wave like properties of light by observing an interference pattern when he shined light through two slits. . Modified 2-d water wave equation: .
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Young’s Double Slit Experiment… With Water Waves! In the early 1800’s Thomas Young conducted his famous experiment, which demonstrated the wave like properties of light by observing an interference pattern when he shined light through two slits. Modified 2-d water wave equation: • Repeatedly generated waves • created a wall with 2 slits on it