Wave Optics · Double Slit

Two sources,
one pattern.

Every point on the water is the sum of two expanding ripples. Where crests meet crests the field flares white-cyan; where a crest meets a trough it cancels to black. Drag the glowing sources to move them.
Drag either source · sliders reshape the interference field

Field Controls

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