<P> Young 's interference experiment , also called Young 's double - slit interferometer , was the original version of the modern double - slit experiment , performed at the beginning of the nineteenth century by Thomas Young . This experiment played a major role in the general acceptance of the wave theory of light . In Young 's own judgement , this was the most important of his many achievements . </P>
<P> Young 's interference experiment , also called Young 's double - slit interferometer , was the original version of the modern double - slit experiment , performed at the beginning of the nineteenth century by Thomas Young . This experiment played a major role in the general acceptance of the wave theory of light . In Young 's own judgement , this was the most important of his many achievements . </P>
the phenomenon of interference is used to prove that light is
the phenomenon of interference is used to prove that light is
This experiment played a major role in the general acceptance of the wave theory of light
This experiment played a major role in the general acceptance of the wave theory of light