Showing posts with label maxima. Show all posts
Showing posts with label maxima. Show all posts

20100215

Found physics: hair diffraction pattern

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Laser illuminating a tape-mounted human hair, with the resulting diffraction pattern projected on a distant screen. Photo by Cuesta College Physical Sciences Division instructor Dr. Patrick M. Len.

20100214

Found physics: hair diffraction diagnostic test

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Dramatization of "Fermiscan®" x-ray diffraction of human hairs, being developed as a diagnosis tool for screening for breast cancer. All rights reserved by original copyright holders. Photo-montage by Cuesta College Physical Sciences Division instructor Dr. Patrick M. Len.

20100213

Found physics: varying double slit separation distance

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Increasing, then decreasing the spacing d between two slits illuminated by a laser beam, resulting in decreasing, then increasing the angular spacing between maxima and minima fringes on a distant screen. Video by Cuesta College Physical Sciences Division instructor Dr. Patrick M. Len.