Double slit experiment. Illustration of electrons being fired from electron guns (green) towards plates (blue) containing two slits. The pattern produced by the electrons that pass through the slits is observed on screens (orange) behind the plate. This experiment shows that light exhibits the characteristics of both a wave (top left) and a particle (centre), a phenomenon known as wave-particle duality (bottom right). Each photon of light travels through one of the slits, as would be expected of a particle, but light from the two slits interfere, as expected of a wave. | |
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Credit: | Science Photo Library / TIM BROWN |
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