Phys. Rev. E 78, 047201 (2008) [4 pages]Experimental evidence of wave chaos from a double slit experiment with water surface wavesReceived 15 January 2008; revised 29 July 2008; published 1 October 2008 In this paper, we report experimental evidence of wave chaos using the double slit water surface wave experiment. We demonstrate that classical dynamics of a domain manifests itself in the interference patterns after the diffraction behind the double slit. For a domain whose classical dynamics is integrable clear interference fringes can be observed behind the double slits; for a domain whose classical dynamics is chaotic, however, interference fringes can totally disappear. Our experimental results clearly demonstrate that the centuries-old double slit experiment can render an excellent tool to observe the manifestations of wave chaos. © 2008 The American Physical Society URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevE.78.047201
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevE.78.047201
PACS:
05.45.Mt, 01.50.My, 03.65.Yz, 47.35.−i
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