7A60 X-ray and Electron Diffraction

Optical Analog of X-ray Diffraction

$A small laser is used to simulate x-ray diffraction using two diffraction gratings oriented vertical and horizontal grid lines.$

Catalog:

7A60.24

Location:

Ga3

Two diffraction gratings are oriented at right angles and a small lecture laser projects a pattern of dots similar to x-ray diffraction.

Catalog:

7A60.930

Location:

Ga3

The X-ray diffraction pattern of DNA is simulated by the difraction pattern of a laser's light on a coiled filament of a incandescent bulb.