Interference Simulator

Depiction of diffraction pattern when light passes through an aperture.
Adapted from a similar application created by Noah Morris (Oberlin College '12) under the advice of Dr Dan Styer.

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Apparatus size:
    4.0 × 10⁻⁷
Neglecting the Aharonov-Bohm effect (for a photon):
    0.0 Wb
Distance from source to slits:
    0.000040 m
Distance from slits to screen:
    0.000040 m
Width of slits:
    4.0 × 10⁻⁷ m
Distance betw. slit centers:
    0.0000040 m
Momentum of particles:
    1.6 × 10⁻²⁸ kg·m/s

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Apparatus size:		4.0 × 10⁻⁷
Neglecting the Aharonov-Bohm effect (for a photon):		0.0 Wb
Distance from source to slits:		0.000040 m
Distance from slits to screen:		0.000040 m
Width of slits:		4.0 × 10⁻⁷ m
Distance betw. slit centers:		0.0000040 m
Momentum of particles:		1.6 × 10⁻²⁸ kg·m/s