TY - JOUR
T1 - Controlled double-slit electron diffraction
AU - Bach, Roger
AU - Pope, Damian
AU - Liou, Sy Hwang
AU - Batelaan, Herman
PY - 2013/3
Y1 - 2013/3
N2 - Double-slit diffraction is a corner stone of quantum mechanics. It illustrates key features of quantum mechanics: interference and the particle-wave duality of matter. In 1965, Richard Feynman presented a thought experiment to show these features. Here we demonstrate the full realization of his famous thought experiment. By placing a movable mask in front of a double-slit to control the transmission through the individual slits, probability distributions for single- and double-slit arrangements were observed. Also, by recording single electron detection events diffracting through a double-slit, a diffraction pattern was built up from individual events.
AB - Double-slit diffraction is a corner stone of quantum mechanics. It illustrates key features of quantum mechanics: interference and the particle-wave duality of matter. In 1965, Richard Feynman presented a thought experiment to show these features. Here we demonstrate the full realization of his famous thought experiment. By placing a movable mask in front of a double-slit to control the transmission through the individual slits, probability distributions for single- and double-slit arrangements were observed. Also, by recording single electron detection events diffracting through a double-slit, a diffraction pattern was built up from individual events.
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U2 - 10.1088/1367-2630/15/3/033018
DO - 10.1088/1367-2630/15/3/033018
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84875465123
VL - 15
JO - New Journal of Physics
JF - New Journal of Physics
SN - 1367-2630
M1 - 033018
ER -