Abstract
The Young’s interference experiment was one of the well -known experiments that shows the wave nature of light. It is the fundamental of several quantum optics experiments nowadays. We reproduce this famous experiment in VirtualLab Fusion, by using a double slit with adjustable slit width and slit distance. With a single point source, we examine the influence from the slit width and the slit distance on the interference; then with an extended source we observe how the interference contrast changes with the lateral extension of the source.
Modeling Task – Single on-Axis Point Source
Fix Slit Distance (500µm) and Vary Slit Width
Fix Slit Width (100µm) and Vary Slit Distance
Modeling Task – Single off-Axis Point Source
Result for an Off-Axis Point Source (Lateral Shift X 60µm)
Modeling Task – Extended Source
Interference with Extended Source
Peek into VirtualLab Fusion
Workflow in VirtualLab Fusion
• Programming a double-slit function
− Programming a Double-Slit Function [Use Case]
• Check influence from different parameters with
Parameter Run
− Usage of the Parameter Run Document [Use Case]
− Scanning Mode of Parameter Run [Use Case]
• Model partially coherent source by shifted
elementary-field method
VirtualLab Fusion Technologies
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