Interference Fringe (Noun)
Meaning
One of the light or dark bands produced by the interference and diffraction of light.
Classification
Nouns denoting natural phenomena.
Examples
- The formation of an interference fringe is a result of the interaction between light waves and a surface or medium with varying refractive indices.
- In optics, the study of interference fringe patterns is used to investigate the properties of materials and the behavior of light as it passes through different media.
- The characteristic shapes and colors of the interference fringe formed by a soap bubble are an example of thin-film interference.
- The high-resolution image of the interference fringe produced by the laser interferometer aided the engineers in analyzing the surface topography.
- The resulting interference fringe pattern on the screen helped the physicist to calculate the wavelength of the light used in the experiment.