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Standing Waves in A Glass Tube Filled with Neon Gas

photo The radiation from the horn antenna is transmitted in the direction of the glass tube filled with neon gas. It is reflected from a metal baffle at the right and interferes with the incident radiation to produce standing waves in the tube. At the maximum electric field regions the gas ionizes and glows. The distance between glowing regions is half a wavelength. Hence the distance delineated by the dividers is one wavelength, the distance marked by two intervals between lighted neon.

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Malcom W. P. Strandberg
2001-04-30