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- Double-slit experiment: movable detector screen.
How far back does the “detector screen” have to be from the “double slit” screen for there to be interference?
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 engineering, LOL.
Assume that you are firing a single photon at the double slits. How far away from the double slit does the detector screen have to be before an interference pattern develops on the detector screen?
Is it related to the wavelength of the photon?
Assume that you are firing a single photon at the double slits. How far away from the double slit does the detector screen have to be before an interference pattern develops on the detector screen?
Is it related to the wavelength of the photon?