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The Template_1Slit_Diff Instrument

An example instrument showing single slit diffraction

Identification

• Site: Templates
• Author: Erik B Knudsen (erkn@fysik.dtu.dk)
• Origin: DTU Physics
• Date: Jan 2014

Description

A template instrument that shows how single slit diffraction works.
The slit is positioned 1m downstream from a point source. The slit
width may be varied. The slit height is set to .8e-6 m.

Examples

(Test cases in bold)

• Test: SLITW=5e-6 Detector: psd0_I=9.89638e-14

Input parameters

Parameters in boldface are required; the others are optional.

Name	Unit	Description	Default
SLITW	m	Width of the slit in question. The	5e-6

Links

• Source code for Template_1Slit_Diff.instr.

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