That’s when considering the slits as a lens though, which they will act as at any diameter however there’s going to be a width at which the angle of approach and wavelength of the light are insignificant enough that you practically can’t tell that the slits were even there right?
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Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 9 months agoIt’s a good question, but asking it shows that the experiment was explained poorly.
The slits aren’t the reason you see an interference pattern. The slits function as two lenses, which, combined with the waves cause an interference pattern to appear on the wall.
All you need is some light in the same frequency, and something to bend it. That can be two slits, some glass, or an entire galaxy.
Of course, there are lots of conditions where you don’t get this pattern, but that’s more to do with the bars becoming too blurry to see clearly.
1rre@discuss.tchncs.de 9 months ago
ChrisLicht@lemm.ee 9 months ago
What a great comment!