Code Number: 6D40.22
Demo Title: Lloyd's Mirror - Microwave Version
Condition: Excellent
Principle: Interference
Area of Study: Optics
Equipment:
Amplifier, speaker, microwave transmitter and detector, mirror plate.
Procedure:
Place the mirror so that it is almost inline with the transmitting antenna. An interference pattern will be set up outward from the mirror. Note in particular that a minimum is detected close to the mirror.
References:
- G.R. Davies, "Interference and Diffraction Corridor Demonstrations", TPT, Vol. 33, # 4, p. 244, April 1995.
- Thomas B. Greenslade Jr., "Experiments with Ultrasonic Transducers", TPT, Vol. 32, #7, Oct. 1994, p. 392.
- O- 030: "Microwaves", DICK and RAE Physics Demo Notebook.
- O- 430: "Microwaves - Lloyd's Mirror", DICK and RAE Physics Demo Notebook.
- C. L. Andrews, "Demonstration Microwave Interferometers", AJP, 33, # 11, Nov. 1965, p. 924.