What is Interference?

Jeremy's Research blog
3 min readJul 2, 2022
Image Credit “Jeremy Retamar Arrieta”

Interference is a phenomenon that occurs when two waves superpose to form a resultant wave. This can be constructive or destructive interference, depending on the phase difference between the waves. When two waves are in phase, they will combine to create a larger wave. When they are out of phase, they will cancel each other out. This can be observed with all types of waves, but is particularly evident with light waves. The phenomenon can be…

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