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Is this an example of an Airy Disk?

jwc

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I discovered that when I burn through a CD case with my 300mW green laser, the following effect is produced on the wall:

Full pic: http://jwcxz.com/projects/lasers/halos.jpg
halos_t.jpg


Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wy3oR6fY6W8

At first, I didn't know what this was caused by, but I found this on Google:
http://frank.mtsu.edu/~phys2020/Lectures/Part_1__L1-L5/Lecture_5/Apertures/apertures.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airy_disk

Is this what I'm seeing? Or am I totally wrong?
 





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Yes. You can compute the wavelength of your laser from the distance of the pattern from the aperture, the diameter of the aperture, and the spacing of the rings. Have fun  :)

EDIT: "Yes" means "yes you're right"...
 
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Jwc;

It also looks just like the pattern you get with a BluRay,
when you use one of the "objective lenses' from the original sled.

I guessed that it was some type of circular diffraction.

LarryDFW
 




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