An experiment on interference

Peng, Hui

We experimentally show a universal phenomenon that, within macroscopic distances from diaphragm, patterns are non-interference and gradually evolve to the interferent patterns near the screen in the same wave experiment. Challenge is to consistently interpret, in the same classical wave experiment, the non-interference patterns, the interference patterns, and the non-interference patterns evolving to the interference patterns.

JOHN WYLIE

A.W.S. Chandana, Withana P. Siripala, N. de Silva

Hui Peng

Young’s double slit experiments revived the wave theory of light. The standard interpretation is that the light behaves as waves before and after passing through the double slit. Feynman called the double slit experiment the only mystery in quantum mechanics. In this article, we experimentally show the novel universal phenomena: (1) each of the fringes of the interference patterns are produced independently and partially; (2) within macro-distance from a diaphragm, the light rays behave as photons and produces a non-interference pattern; while near the screen, the photons produce an orthogonal interference pattern; (3) The non-interference pattern evolves to the orthogonal interference pattern gradually in the same experiment; (4) The non-interference patterns and the orthogonal interference patterns can show on the screen simultaneously; (5) The convex lens stops the further evolution. The experiments: (1) challenge the wave theories of light; (2) violate both Bohr’s complementarity principle and wave particle duality; (3) provide profound phenomena for developing optics and for studying the nature of light; (4) suggest that a complete theory should be able to consistently interpret all phenomena, including the non-interference pattern, the interference pattern, and the evolution from the non-interference to the interference pattern in the same experiment.

Albert Abraham Michelson

Hui Peng

Abstract Young’s double slit experiments revived the wave theory of light. The interpretation is that light behaves as waves before and after passing through the double slit. In this article, we study the evolution of the patterns of the wave experiments. The experiments show the novel universal phenomena: (1) Within a certain macroscopic distance from the diaphragm, light behaves as photons and produces a non-interference pattern; while near the screen, the photons produce an interference pattern; namely the nature and characteristics of the patterns are distance-dependent; (2) The non-interference patterns evolves to the orthogonal interference patterns gradually in the same wave experiment; (3) The convex lens stops the evolution of the patterns at the position where it is placed. We suggest that a complete theory should be able to interpret the non-interference pattern, the interference pattern, and the evolution from one pattern to another.