Sunday, December 25, 2016

In the double slit experiment, using only one photon, will it create a diffraction pattern on an ultra sensitive screen?


Given the double slit experiment, send one photon through the open slits, then stop. With just that one photon traveling through both slits it will appear as a point on the screen. If the screen was ultra sensitive would we see the typical diffraction pattern in addition to the single point?




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