Important Discoveries in Optics
Particle-Wave Duality
It's a Particle. Wait. It's a Wave.In Newton's time, life was simple for a physics student. Most scientists, including Newton, thought of light as a particle, a kind of stream of tiny ping-pong bal...
Young's Double Slit Experiment
Young's Double Slit ExperimentThe most famous experiment demonstrating the wave nature of light is the Double Slit Experiment. Its genius lies in its simplicity.Thomas Young set up this simple expe...