File:2SlitInterference.gif

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2SlitInterference.gif(284 × 285 pixels, file size: 1 MB, MIME type: image/gif, looped, 180 frames, 18 s)

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English: Animation of the interference of waves originating from grating slits.
Deutsch: Animation der Überlagerung von Wellen eines Mehrfachspalts/Gitters.
Date
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Author And1mu

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created with LaTeX and PGF/TikZ

Script to create the animations for different gratings:

#!/bin/bash

set -e
DIR="animate"
FILE="tikz.tex"

#for SLOTS in 2 3 4 5 10 20 30 ; do
for SLOTS in 2 3 4 5 10 20 30 ; do
    NUM=0
    rm ${DIR}/frame???.png
    sed -i "s/\\\def\\\lines{.\+}/\\\def\\\lines{$SLOTS}/" tikz.tex
    for ANG in $(seq 0 2 358) ; do
        echo "Creating frame $NUM for $SLOTS lines ..."
        sed -i "s/\\\def\\\PhaseDiff{.\+}/\\\def\\\PhaseDiff{$ANG}/" tikz.tex
        pdflatex -shell-escape tikz.tex 1> /dev/null
        echo "Convert to png ..."
        NUMSTR=$(printf "%03d" $NUM)
        convert -shave 3x3 tikz.svg ${DIR}/frame${NUMSTR}.png
        NUM=$(($NUM+1))
    done
    cd $DIR
    convert -delay 10 -loop 0 frame*.png ${SLOTS}SlitInterference.gif
    cd -
done

The code to create a single frame (tikz.tex):

\documentclass[crop,border=3,tikz,convert={outext=.svg,command=\unexpanded{pdf2svg \infile\space\outfile}},multi=false]{standalone}
\usepackage{ifthen}
\usetikzlibrary{math}
\usetikzlibrary{calc,through,shapes}

\pgfkeys{/tikz/savelength/.code 2 args={\global\edef#1{#2}}}

\pgfdeclarelayer{background}
\pgfdeclarelayer{foreground}
\pgfsetlayers{background,main,foreground}

\def\lines{40}
\def\omegat{20}
\def\PhaseDiff{359}

\begin{document}
  \begin{tikzpicture}[>=latex]
    \tikzmath{\D=\PhaseDiff;}
    \draw[gray,->] (0,-4) -- (0,4);
    \draw[gray,->] (-4,0) -- (4,0);
    \coordinate (A) at (0,0);
    \tikzmath{\Amp=5/\lines;}
    \coordinate (B) at (\omegat:\Amp);
    \foreach \a in {1,...,\lines}{
      \draw[ultra thick,->,blue] (A) -- (B);
      \coordinate (A) at (B);
      \coordinate (F) at (B);
      \coordinate (B) at ($ (B)+(\a*\D+\omegat:\Amp) $);
    }
    \node()[anchor=north east] at (5,5){\LARGE $\delta=\D^\circ$};

    \path let \p1=(F), \n1={veclen(\x1,\y1)} in [savelength={\n}{\n1}];
 %   \node at (2,2){\n};

    \ifthenelse{\lengthtest{\n < 8 pt}}{
      \draw[ultra thick,red,tips=proper] (0,0) -- (F);
      \ifthenelse{\lengthtest{\n < 1 pt}}{
        \draw[ultra thick] (0,0) circle (1);
        %\node at (-1.5,-1.5){Minimum};
      }{}
    }{
      \draw[ultra thick,red,->,tips=proper] (0,0) -- (F);
    }

    \begin{pgfonlayer}{background}
      \draw[fill=white] (-5.1,-5.1) rectangle (5.1,5.1);
      \path[fill=red!30] let \p1=(F), \n1={veclen(\x1,\y1)}  in (0,0) circle[radius=\n1];
    \end{pgfonlayer}
  \end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}

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current20:26, 20 March 2016Thumbnail for version as of 20:26, 20 March 2016284 × 285 (1 MB)And1mu (talk | contribs)minor improvements: mark minima, fix arrow head for short lengths
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