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  2. Double-slit experiment - Wikipedia

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    Double-slit experiment. Photons or matter (like electrons) produce an interference pattern when two slits are used. Light from a green laser passing through two slits 0.4 mm wide and 0.1 mm apart. In modern physics, the double-slit experiment demonstrates that light and matter can satisfy the seemingly incongruous classical definitions for both ...

  3. Hong–Ou–Mandel effect - Wikipedia

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    The Hong–Ou–Mandel effect is a two- photon interference effect in quantum optics that was demonstrated in 1987 by three physicists from the University of Rochester: Chung Ki Hong (홍정기), Zheyu Ou (区泽宇), and Leonard Mandel. [1] The effect occurs when two identical single-photons enter a 1:1 beam splitter, one in each input port.

  4. Hanbury Brown and Twiss effect - Wikipedia

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    In physics, the Hanbury Brown and Twiss (HBT) effect is any of a variety of correlation and anti-correlation effects in the intensities received by two detectors from a beam of particles. HBT effects can generally be attributed to the wave–particle duality of the beam, and the results of a given experiment depend on whether the beam is ...

  5. Wheeler's delayed-choice experiment - Wikipedia

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    e. Wheeler's delayed-choice experiment describes a family of thought experiments in quantum physics proposed by John Archibald Wheeler, with the most prominent among them appearing in 1978 and 1984. [1] These experiments are attempts to decide whether light somehow "senses" the experimental apparatus in the double-slit experiment it travels ...

  6. Aharonov–Bohm effect - Wikipedia

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    Yakir Aharonov. David Bohm. The Aharonov–Bohm effect, sometimes called the Ehrenberg–Siday–Aharonov–Bohm effect, is a quantum-mechanical phenomenon in which an electrically charged particle is affected by an electromagnetic potential ( , ), despite being confined to a region in which both the magnetic field and electric field are zero. [1]

  7. Wave–particle duality - Wikipedia

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    The electron double slit experiment is a textbook demonstration of wave-particle duality. [2] A modern version of the experiment is shown schematically in the figure below. Left half: schematic setup for electron double-slit experiment with masking; inset micrographs of slits and mask; Right half: results for slit 1, slit 2 and both slits open ...

  8. Young's interference experiment - Wikipedia

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    Unlike the modern double-slit experiment, Young's experiment reflects sunlight (using a steering mirror) through a small hole, and splits the thin beam in half using a paper card. [6] [8] [9] He also mentions the possibility of passing light through two slits in his description of the experiment: Modern illustration of the double-slit experiment

  9. Wave interference - Wikipedia

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    In physics, interference is a phenomenon in which two coherent waves are combined by adding their intensities or displacements with due consideration for their phase difference. The resultant wave may have greater intensity (constructive interference) or lower amplitude (destructive interference) if the two waves are in phase or out of phase ...