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I have not only read many books on the subject of light as well as experiments done to determine whether its wave or particle. I've also actually built a device to test the two slit experiment results to see if I could duplicate them. Honestly the whole talk of things existing in two places at once, or better yet, neither, until someone attempted to measure them just didn't sit well.
After doing many tests I wanted to share the results and see if any of you could explain them to me as they do not in any way line up with reported findings from any book or information I've dug up on the subject.
It is stated that when you shine light through a slit, the light forms a diffracted spot, if you will, on the wall, but no real pattern to it. It was then discovered that by splitting the light beam, you'd actually get an interference pattern on the wall, as if it were water and interfering with itself on the other sides of the slits. I can in fact duplicate this. pretty neat stuff.
However, its going farther that things get really interesting to me. It is said that sending a single particle through the slits also get an interference pattern after a period of time, even though you are only sending 1 particle through, so what is it interfering with. But before we get there let's take a look at another result from the experiment that I've not read.
In fact, if you shine any light past an object such as a book, and you look close enough, you will see a pattern of lines on the back wall. You don't even need a slit and don't have to separate the beam at all. Just interfere with it.
Given that every single book I've read uses the Thomas Young two slit experiment as a base test case for Quantum Mechanics to show how things doen't exist until we attempt to measure them and therefore pass through both slits at the same time and dah dah dah...
Can anyone explain to me why I'd get a scatter pattern like I do without even having a slit? In fact, I can get a perfect pattern on the wall with perfectly spaced vertical lines just by interfering with my laser beam.
Thanks,
glenn
After doing many tests I wanted to share the results and see if any of you could explain them to me as they do not in any way line up with reported findings from any book or information I've dug up on the subject.
It is stated that when you shine light through a slit, the light forms a diffracted spot, if you will, on the wall, but no real pattern to it. It was then discovered that by splitting the light beam, you'd actually get an interference pattern on the wall, as if it were water and interfering with itself on the other sides of the slits. I can in fact duplicate this. pretty neat stuff.
However, its going farther that things get really interesting to me. It is said that sending a single particle through the slits also get an interference pattern after a period of time, even though you are only sending 1 particle through, so what is it interfering with. But before we get there let's take a look at another result from the experiment that I've not read.
In fact, if you shine any light past an object such as a book, and you look close enough, you will see a pattern of lines on the back wall. You don't even need a slit and don't have to separate the beam at all. Just interfere with it.
Given that every single book I've read uses the Thomas Young two slit experiment as a base test case for Quantum Mechanics to show how things doen't exist until we attempt to measure them and therefore pass through both slits at the same time and dah dah dah...
Can anyone explain to me why I'd get a scatter pattern like I do without even having a slit? In fact, I can get a perfect pattern on the wall with perfectly spaced vertical lines just by interfering with my laser beam.
Thanks,
glenn