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Can anyone please guide me to some online resource, which shows a light source behind a double slit?
Our eyes not only detect the visible spectrum of light; they can also show the direction the photons are coming from.

If, instead of a detecting screen, we use a moving camera or an array of cameras, can't we tell exactly which slit a photon / electron passed through?When viewing a light source behind a double slit, do we see light shining from both slits?

Let's say there is a light source, covered by a double slit. Now if we move out eyes / a camera from left to right in place of screen, what exactly do we see?

If there is some video of it online, can someone guide me to it? I couldn't find any myself.

Regards.
 
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Samina said:
Our eyes not only detect the visible spectrum of light; they can also show the direction the photons are coming from.
Neither our eyes nor any other photon detector do that. They just record that an interaction with a photon happened at a particular point in space; this tells us nothing about the past history of the detected particle, including where it came from.
 
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