Paper Info
Title
Favorite experiment.
Abstract
One of my favorite physics experiments was conducted by Thomas Young (1773-1829) when he demonstrated that light consists of waves by showing that the distribution of brightness by interfering beams could be explained by the additive and subtractive interference of the wavefronts. Young's experiment, performed in the early 1800s, played a vital role in the acceptance of the wave theory of light, defeating Isaac Newton's corpuscular theory which had been the accepted model of light propagation at that time. Although, a later observation by Heinrich Hertz (1857-1894) demonstrated that under different circumstances, the photoelectric effect can cause light to behave as if it is composed of discrete particles. These seemingly contradictory discoveries made it necessary to go beyond classical physics and eventually consider the quantum nature of light.
Year
DOI
Venue
2014
10.1109/MIM.2014.6912199
Instrumentation & Measurement Magazine, IEEE  
Keywords
DocType
Volume
Laser beams,Measurement by laser beam,Physics,History,Brightness,Wavelength measurement,Design for experiments,Laboratories,Propagation,Light sources
Journal
17
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
5
1094-6969
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
0
1
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
John Witzel101.69