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From my point of view, there is no need to get involved here if you think certain questions don’t deserve an answer. No matter the rationale. I never noticed that paragraph in the wiki, thanks for the reference. Of course I knew that the interference pattern disappears eventually, even though...

Well, I think the Hitachi people used a photographic plate when they reproduced the effect with single electrons. They seemed to have a pretty high resolution. https://pioneerworks.org/broadcast/picture-this-double-slit-test As to what it achieves…well, it would satisfy my curiosity. If I...

Huh. I had assumed that the detector screen was using some sort of a photoemulsion that reacts no matter where the light hits it. That you would not need a "detector cell."

Fair enough. I’m just curious as to what happens at those “intermediate stages,” so to speak.

Oh. Sorry about the confusion. Yes, I’m talking about an interference pattern that builds up over time. You use the same frequency of light for an ordinary double slit experiment, but dial down the intensity until you get a single photon.

Thanks for the reply! I assume that the detector wouldn’t be anything special. No higher resolution than what you need for an ordinary experiment where you detect one photon at a time. Let me make sure I understand your reply. I’m assuming that there would be some distance where you are...

When using a single photon, you shoot them repeatedly and the interference pattern emerges over time.

Greetings. Suppose the “detector screen” is on some kind of movable track that allows very fine adjustments so that you could start with it flush against the “double slit screen” and slowly move it backwards away from that screen at any increment you like. Well, within the limits of current...