Soon, you will hopefully have an opportunity to try the experiment for yourself. First,
please spend a few minutes to test your understanding. This quiz runs on your computer.
No record of your results is kept.
| Page Title
| Description
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| Background
| Introduction to diffraction and Young's slits.
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| Information Encoding
| This page attempts to show the similarities between the frequency content of an
electrical waveform and the diffraction pattern of an object.
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| Project Construction
| Information about how the experiment was built.
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| Single Photon Justification
| Mathematical justification that the experiment can be considered to be diffracting
individual photons.
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| Instructions
| Instructions for operation of the experiment.
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| Online Experiment
| The live interactive Young's slits experiment. Please read the instructions first.
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| Conclusion
| Conclusion and references.
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