An Interferometer for the Poor. And it’s not even an interferometer
…Several years later, I decide to repeat this experience. The deviation of the beam obtained in the preliminary sample is large enough to try to create an “interferometer for the poor”, with the ability to change the direction of scanning the ether manually. On a massive bar, parallel mirrors and a laser sight are placed. The length of the beam reflected twice is 6.5 meters. It is inconvenient to turn the device and observe the change in the position of the beam at the same time. To record the results, an electronic camera rigidly fixed on a bar (not shown) is used.
…First, we reproduce a stationary experiment. We send the beam not to the lens, but to the laboratory wall. This increases the length of the light path to 10 meters. It all fits together. After 5 hours, the light spot shows a new position, 4 millimeters below. It is alarming that after a day, that is, the Earth’s rotation around the axis, it does not return to its original mark.
We pass to independent turns of the “interferometer”, without the help of the planet.
The brightness of the laser light changes when the device is turned
The action takes place late in the evening. The first picture, a scan of continuous video filming – the beam comes from the East (although it changes direction twice more, reflecting from the mirrors). The above images do not show the mesh imposed by the Point editor. However, I see that the vertical line formed by the beam in interaction is likely to shift with the optics of the camera. From the series of scans, for demonstration in the book, we select the most characteristic ones. East, North-East, West, East again. The beam takes on the greatest brightness when oriented to the West. The only reliable, well reproducible result that is not ashamed to present to you, dear reader, is the brightness of the glow.
We can exclude mirrors from the experiment and get a kind of elementary optical pair. The beam only goes in one direction. The result is the same.
…Indeed, propagating against the ether, or along the flow, the light accordingly loses and gains energy. Changing the direction of the beam is more difficult. Although it also exists.
Two similar outdoor experiences. Determination of beam deflection (brightness is not considered due to external uneven illumination). Directions – North, East, South, West, origin – North
…We go out into the fresh air and continue our experiments. Some researchers believe that the ether can be slowed down, and completely brought into a state of relative rest, by such an obstacle as a simple window glass.
The result is the same in both cases. Within a few minutes after switching on, the laser beam goes down by 1, 5 – 2 millimeters.
…All this, coupled with the oddities of the device settings, which would take too long to talk about here, leads to the idea that one should look for the reasons elsewhere. To do this, you need to take a step aside.
Searching for light. Step to the side
The basic idea is that the laser beam experiences a kind of attraction from a plane-parallel surface. In this case, the surface of the bar. Or the floor of the room. And with gravitational attraction there is no kinship here.
Physics textbooks initially have serious questions. What is the width of a visible light photon? Officially half of its wavelength. That is, two ten-thousandths of a millimeter. However, light is deflected by interference gratings and just tenths of a millimeter holes. The difference is a thousand times. What makes a photon feel the presence of atoms at the edge of an obstacle? What long-range action do these forces have? Has anyone checked whether the photons are deflected by the edge of the screen, located at a distance from the beam one millimeter… centimeter, or maybe a meter? Does the interaction take place right away, or does it take time for preliminary adjustment of light and matter?
As said, these experiments are a step aside. They were carried out without enthusiasm. But, nevertheless, they gave food for thought.
Diffraction classics. Diffraction from a thin wire, round hole, round opaque screen. Note the discrete, cluster pattern of light diffracted by the wire.
…Most of all, when preparing for new experiments, I was interested in the nature of interference. How so? Do light waves collapse in superposition? Are they annihilating, or what? Physics textbooks tell about this rather vaguely. No, they do not disappear. The energy conservation law is in order. The strength of the waves from the dark part of the screen appears in the light one.
Once again, comrades academicians – sorry, we did not understand. Here, these are your drawings. The course of the electromagnetic waves is clearly shown here. They are in the dark zone – there are! But they are not visible. From the word “absolutely”. Where did they go?
And the fairy tale about the white bull begins all over again.
Leaving aside the subject of long-range action of the edges of obstacles for later, I decided to take a closer look at the interference.
…The paradigm of modern science – light and dark zones of the interference pattern are formed by superposition of electromagnetic waves. There are serious questions here (see above). Why not imagine that the edges of objects themselves distribute the light in their chosen directions? Well, or, forgive me, the clouds of ether accumulated near them. In bodies there is a discrete distribution of microparticles – elementary emitters. They can deflect the beam in selected directions, creating only the appearance of interference. Is there nothing to do with classical superposition?..
The first thing that surprised me when I took up the experiments was that light not only bends around an obstacle, but also repels from it. The books confirmed what had previously slipped past consciousness. The edge scatters light in all directions. Which is quite consistent with the hypothesis of a material beacon that sends out photons in the chosen directions.
Diffraction. The edge of the obstacle sends out photons in opposite directions. Elementary, but incomprehensible
Now carefully, dear reader. We create screens from various materials, expose them to the beam and observe the interference pattern. According to the above calculations, the picture is made up of the interaction of lighthouses. The edges of the objects “agree” in which directions the light should be emitted. There are zones in which to send photons, according to the law of conservation of energy is prohibited. If the screens are made of different materials, the “interference” pattern they create will be different. Or it won’t be at all. These transmitters operate at different frequencies and therefore cannot match the light distribution.
Experience in interference from screens with different physical and chemical composition
The usual interference pattern at the intersection of the fan of rays from the edges of obstacles (right half)
…No differences were found in the patterns of interference fringes