destructive interference

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…specifically, as it relates to the conservation of energy. When two laser beams destructively interfere, leaving only darkness… where does the energy go?

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If there’s destructive interference, somewhere else there is constructive interference. The energy just shifts around.

For a given source you can actually make destructive interference everywhere. This is where the fun begins: if you achieve this the source won’t emit energy.

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