The Double-Slit Experiment: Wave-Particle Duality and Quantum Measurement
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| Název: | The Double-Slit Experiment: Wave-Particle Duality and Quantum Measurement |
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| Autoři: | Rashid, Salman |
| Informace o vydavateli: | Zenodo |
| Rok vydání: | 2025 |
| Sbírka: | Zenodo |
| Témata: | Physics, Laser physics, Particle physics, Atomic physics, Quantum physics, Theoretical physics, Quantum optics, Quantum Theory, Light, interference pattern, Quantum Theory/history |
| Popis: | This paper presents a deep theoretical and experimental investigation into wave-particle duality through the lens of Young’s Double-Slit Experiment. Using a combination of quantum field theory, path integral formalism, and decoherence models, we explore how single-particle interference emerges, how measurement affects outcomes, and how modern variations such as the delayed-choice and quantum eraser experiments challenge classical intuitions. A practical approximation of the experiment using accessible tools is also discussed to demonstrate the disappearance and reappearance of interference patterns based on which-path information. Our study demonstrates how classical experiments can be reconstructed with simple tools to reveal profound quantum behavior. |
| Druh dokumentu: | text |
| Jazyk: | English |
| Relation: | https://zenodo.org/records/16677614; oai:zenodo.org:16677614; https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16677614 |
| DOI: | 10.5281/zenodo.16677614 |
| Dostupnost: | https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16677614 https://zenodo.org/records/16677614 |
| Rights: | Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International ; cc-by-4.0 ; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode |
| Přístupové číslo: | edsbas.D5593430 |
| Databáze: | BASE |
Nájsť tento článok vo Web of Science | Abstrakt: | This paper presents a deep theoretical and experimental investigation into wave-particle duality through the lens of Young’s Double-Slit Experiment. Using a combination of quantum field theory, path integral formalism, and decoherence models, we explore how single-particle interference emerges, how measurement affects outcomes, and how modern variations such as the delayed-choice and quantum eraser experiments challenge classical intuitions. A practical approximation of the experiment using accessible tools is also discussed to demonstrate the disappearance and reappearance of interference patterns based on which-path information. Our study demonstrates how classical experiments can be reconstructed with simple tools to reveal profound quantum behavior. |
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| DOI: | 10.5281/zenodo.16677614 |