STEMORIA scientific instrument

Wave Interference Laboratory

Superpose two coherent sinusoidal waves and connect phase difference to constructive, destructive, and partial interference.

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Wave Interference Laboratory

Run, pause and probe two coherent waves while phase difference, amplitudes, component displacements and their resultant remain synchronized through the superposition model.

I3 · live superposition experimentone state · synchronized views

Paused experiment

Live superposition

live model output

Wave 1 @ probe

-1.9594e-16 m

Wave 2 @ probe

-1.9594e-16 m

Resultant @ probe

-3.9189e-16 m

Time

0 s

Interactive measurement plotMove across the graph to inspect values

Wave 1Wave 2Resultant

Displacement (m) vs Position (m)

Active point · Position (m) 3 · Displacement (m) -3.9e-16

Superposition model

y = y₁ + y₂

Aᵣ = √(A₁² + A₂² + 2A₁A₂ cos Δφ)

Aᵣ = 1.6 m

v = fλ = 6 m/s

Δφ = 0 rad

Measured state

Resultant amplitude

1.6 m

Interference

constructive

Wave speed

6 m/s

Angular frequency

12.566 rad/s

Interpretation

Move the probe to verify that superposition is local: the resultant displacement at each position is the instantaneous sum of both component waves. Run time to watch the pattern propagate, then change phase to move continuously from reinforcement toward cancellation.