2006-12-31 12:30:34 · 8 answers · asked by s3flyboy913 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
its sound, and it is good for the amount of knowledge we have now.
in the future, we will understand more, and understand more and realize that we didnt fully understand everything that was happening
2007-01-04 12:24:26 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is an experiment to study the inteference of two coherent wave ( wave with same frequency frm the same source but with phase diff), whr a signal source (maybe light or water ripple) is transmitted and a board or obstacle with two slit is places to obstruct the travelling wave. Then the emerging secondary wave from the slit will intefere to each other ( constructively or destructively depending on phase diff). So definetly the double slit exp sounds scientific and has significance in telecommunication.
2006-12-31 20:45:56 · answer #2 · answered by jaison_healer18 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you're referring to interference properties of light, as exemplified by Young's double slit experiment, the entire optical industry for the past couple of centuries rests on the physical reality of light interference, so it's hard to get around the stark "scientific" reality of it. Now, if you're referring to the wave-particle duality of light, well, Einstein got his Nobel Prize in physics for conclusively demonstrating the particle properties of light. So there we have it, light really does behave like a wave, as per Young's experiment, and like a particle, like Einstein's photoelectric experiments. What do we make out of this strange inconsistency? No one really knows, but quantum mechanics has done very well in providing a mathematical framework for describing such things with both wave and particle properties. We fervently want certain simple ideas about reality, but nature has a funny way of frustrating our hopes about that.
2006-12-31 20:52:26 · answer #3 · answered by Scythian1950 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It has been tested for al most a century now and it works just fine. Actually, this is a very simple experiment that the average physics student can perform on his own.
2007-01-01 01:55:34 · answer #4 · answered by haroun i 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Very sound. It has been tested for many years and used in most physic classes. The understanding of it is very important.
2006-12-31 20:38:05 · answer #5 · answered by don 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sound enough to go ahead with the theory of quantum mechanics.
2006-12-31 22:06:50 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's completely scientifically sound -- it shows the wave nature of light.
You can do the experiment yourself, it's really rather easy to do. :)
2006-12-31 20:33:41 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
very
2006-12-31 20:37:36 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋