On Jan 12, 4:53 am, Salmon Egg <Salmon...@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
On 1/11/08 4:20 PM, in article
5uqfetF1jfsn...@mid.individual.net, "Joe
Egginton" <joegro...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
Hello All,
If I had two prisms with two independent light sources shining through
each prism; so that the visible spectrum's produced by each prism
intersected at right angles, what would happen to the spectrum's?
Would the two spectrum's be unaffected, or would some kind of
interference pattern be set up?
If an interference pattern is set up what colours would be produced?
Lastly but not least, is there any simulation software I could use with
prisms and the visible spectrum intersecting each other?
Regards
Joe Egginton.
Nothing!
Unless you are using high power sources (lasers), the effect of the two
sources are additive. That is: Figure out what the first does; figure out
what the second does; add the two effects together to find out what both
sources do together. This additivity is what is meant by linear physics.
The OP specified the rays would meet at 90 degrees to each other so
that the pattern would be arranged:
RR RO RY RG RB RI RV
OR OO OY OG OB OI OV
YR YO YY YG YB YI YV
GR GO GY GG GB GI GV
BR BO BY BG BB BI BV
IR IO IY IG IB II IV
VR VO VY VG VB VI VV
