This is extremely basic physics. The objects are not walls to microwave, they are mediums. All mediums have refractive indexes. If I knew the refractive index (which this experiment allows them to calculate), I could accurately predict how much light they detect. Introducing a second medium causes a second scattering. The close the objects are together, the less noticeable this is, due to the fact that the light gets less scattered before entering the second medium. Look up snell's equation and malus's law if you want to understand this extremely basic physical concept.Refraction... Behind the first wall? Are you serious? They placed the first wall, then the waves bounced to the second receptor. Then they placed the second obstacle not touching the first one, and some the waves magically ignored the first wall. That is not refraction, as the second obstacle was behind the first one. Under Classic physics refraction would have made the initial detector still receive almost no waves as now two objects are on the way.
Trying to escape already? I'm not done hazing you. Here, have a picture.Here troll
A tunnel diode or Esaki diode is a type of semiconductor that is capable of very fast operation, well into the microwave frequency region, made possible by the use of the quantum mechanical effect called tunneling.
Electronics exist thanks to it.
He literally explains it with classic physics during the video. We had wavelengths well before quantum mechanics.Explain this with classic physics.
Quantum tunneling on the kitchen table - YouTube
Except your first drawing is backwards, look at the shading on the table and redraw your picture to account for the waves going to the top receiver.Trying to escape already? I'm not done hazing you. Here, have a picture.
What happens is the light goes into the medium and it gets refracted. When the second block happens, it gets refracted back. This is how telescopes and magnifying glasses work. The reason moving the blocks appart weakens the signal is because the light also gets dispersed and likely filtered by the mediums. To see refraction in nature, go look at water in a glass. Notice how it looks stranger as you see it more on angle toward the sides of the glass! The sides are also even darker because of the dispersion of light. This experiment creates an angle. I'd put it in math form, but I think blocks is really the place you need to start.
internal reflection.Except your first drawing is backwards, look at the shading on the table and redraw your picture to account for the waves going to the top receiver.
It doesn't, and thats why they don't. It would if he touched, thats why he doesn't touch them.Now how does placing a medium behind makes that the waves stop reflecting?
I'm enjoying the fuck out of this and I can't even contribute anything!This is way better than when the lawyers get all lawyery on each other.
I'm waiting for your redraw, you know the one that has the mediums on their right orientation according to the experiment.
So why when the second medium is placed behind the first, does the top receptor drops to almost back to zero?It doesn't, and thats why they don't. It would if he touched, thats why he doesn't touch them.
There is so many variables that I do not know. How does the wax disperse the light, what is its refractive index, is it a polarizing force, ect. All of these are very important, all of them effect how these detectors would respond to the setup. Thats why I only predicted that the majority of the reflection would stop if the blocks touched, but even that might not necessarily be true. There are ways to figure all of these things out, there are ways to do this that would allow you to precisely calculate what each detector should detect clasically. But to be precise, yes, this experiment can happen with only refraction, reflection, dispersion and polarization.So why when the second medium is placed behind the first, does the top receptor drops to almost back to zero?
In your words, placing a medium behind another medium as long as they are not touching, should not affect the reflection of the first medium. But the top receiver loses all readings as soon as the second medium is placed. So something is wrong with your theory as the predicted effect do not occur.
I can't really tell what's going on and don't care enough to watch the video to see what happened, but I feel like I've spent as much effort as furry has understanding the experiment.I'm enjoying the fuck out of this and I can't even contribute anything!