The Double-Slit Experiment: Wave-Particle Duality and Quantum Measurement

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Title: The Double-Slit Experiment: Wave-Particle Duality and Quantum Measurement
Authors: Rashid, Salman
Publisher Information: Zenodo
Publication Year: 2025
Collection: Zenodo
Subject Terms: Physics, Laser physics, Particle physics, Atomic physics, Quantum physics, Theoretical physics, Quantum optics, Quantum Theory, Light, interference pattern, Quantum Theory/history
Description: 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.
Document Type: text
Language: English
Relation: https://zenodo.org/records/16677614; oai:zenodo.org:16677614; https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16677614
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.16677614
Availability: 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
Accession Number: edsbas.D5593430
Database: BASE
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