On Monday, January 14, 2019 at 6:12:43 AM UTC, Brent wrote: > > > > On 1/13/2019 9:51 PM, [email protected] <javascript:> wrote: > > This means, to me, that the arbitrary phase angles have absolutely no > effect on the resultant interference pattern which is observed. But isn't > this what the phase angles are supposed to effect? AG > > > The screen pattern is determined by *relative phase angles for the > different paths that reach the same point on the screen*. The relative > angles only depend on different path lengths, so the overall phase angle is > irrelevant. > > Brent >
The Stackexchange links affirm the existence of interference for *relative* phase angles, but say nothing about different path lengths, which is the way I've previously thought of interference. So I remain confused on the subject of quantum interference and its relation to relative phase angles. AG -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
