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Kvantfysik

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[1] Läget runt 1920

[2] Materiens vågegenskaper (de Broglie)

[3] Men kan det vara så här? (Elektroner och gitter) [4] Men kan det vara så här? (Elektroner och dubbelspalt) [5] Materiens vågegenskaper (Schrödinger Born) [6] Kvantmekanik (tidig)

[7] Kvantmekanik (tidig)

[8] Heisenbergs obestämdhetsrelation [9] Läget runt 1927

[10] Efter 1927 [11] Läget idag

[12] Läget idag i  ∂ψ

∂t = −  2 2m

2 ψ

∂x 2 +Uψ

[2]

Läget runt 1920

1

Partikelegenskaper Vågegenskaper

Materia

Strålning

Ja! (mekanik)

p = mv W

k

= mv

2

2

p = γmv E

k

= (γ −1)mc

2

R = p

Ja! (fotonmodellen)

?

light!waves and particles" are mutually exclusive because they appear independently in different experiments. To elimi- nate this conceptual difficulty we have designed an apparatus in which the particle and wave aspects can first be demon- strated individually. Then the same apparatus is used to vi- sualize the real-time evolution of individual quantum events to a classical wave pattern. The use of the same light source and the same interferometer is important to convince stu- dents that we can investigate the two aspects of light with the same apparatus.

Two-beam interference phenomena are often explained on the basis of Young’s double slit experiment by displaying the well known interference pattern on a distant screen. Al- though this example is well suited for a theoretical discus- sion and most easily realized using a laser pointer and a double slit, it is not practical for advanced demonstration experiments because it does not allow the variation of system parameters in a simple way. In the present experiment we have chosen a Mach-Zehnder interferometer in which a large spatial separation of the two interfering beams can be easily realized, permitting several manipulations, such as the ad- justment of the path length difference and the relative angle of the interfering beams, and, most importantly, the easy blocking of one of the two beams. The macroscopic dimen- sions of the Mach-Zehnder interferometer allow the observer to see all components from the light source via the genera- tion and recombination of the interfering beams up to their detection.

A green laser pointer was chosen as the light source be- cause it has a sufficiently long coherence length for the easy alignment of the interferometer. The intensity of the green beam and its wavelength near the vicinity of the eye’s maxi- mum sensitivity ensure that even expanded interference pat- terns are easily visible in a large auditorium.

Our main design criterion was to have the apparatus as simple and pedagogical as possible while also offering the flexibility to vary certain parameters to illustrate several as-

pects of the phenomena. The equipment is designed for dem- onstrations in a large auditorium. The interferometer is mounted on an aluminum plate tilted by 45°, so that all com- ponents can be easily seen. If necessary, a webcam can be used to project a close-up of the interferometer table. As mentioned, the expanded fringe pattern using the full laser intensity can easily be seen from a distance without addi- tional tools. Individual photon events can be seen as pulses on an oscilloscope, or heard as clicks using audio equipment.

All relevant electronic signals!photomultiplier pulses and photodiode signals" can easily be projected using equipment such as a digital oscilloscope equipped with a video port or a USB-based oscilloscope. Attention was paid to obtain stable pictures and good visibility of all the components and pro- jected signals. Last but not least, we have made an effort to reduce component cost as much as possible, and to give the apparatus a pleasant look.

III. EXPERIMENTAL SETUP

The scheme of the experimental apparatus is shown in Fig.

2and a photo of its main components in Fig.3. The light source is a 5 mW green!!=537 nm" laser pointer. The bat- teries in the laser pointer were replaced by electrical contacts so that the laser could be driven by an external power supply.

We found that the spectral width of the laser radiation and hence its coherence length depends on the operating voltage and a randomly chosen pointer has its own optimal voltage for the highest fringe contrast. Once set correctly and after a warm-up time of several minutes this voltage gives repro- ducible results on daily basis.

The standard Mach-Zehnder interferometer has two beam splitters and two mirrors!all 1 in. optics" arranged in a 18

"18 cm2square!see Figs.2and3". One of the mirrors is mounted on a low-voltage piezotransducer that allows the voltage-controlled variation of the path length difference

!#5 V per fringe".

Fig. 1.!Color online" From particles to waves: Detection of light diffracted from a double slit on a photon by photon basis using a single-photon imaging CCD camera. Although single frames show an apparently random distribution of photon impact points, their integration reveals the classical fringe pattern.

138 Am. J. Phys., Vol. 76, No. 2, February 2008 T. L. Dimitrova and A. Weis 138

light!waves and particles" are mutually exclusive because they appear independently in different experiments. To elimi- nate this conceptual difficulty we have designed an apparatus in which the particle and wave aspects can first be demon- strated individually. Then the same apparatus is used to vi- sualize the real-time evolution of individual quantum events to a classical wave pattern. The use of the same light source and the same interferometer is important to convince stu- dents that we can investigate the two aspects of light with the same apparatus.

Two-beam interference phenomena are often explained on the basis of Young’s double slit experiment by displaying the well known interference pattern on a distant screen. Al- though this example is well suited for a theoretical discus- sion and most easily realized using a laser pointer and a double slit, it is not practical for advanced demonstration experiments because it does not allow the variation of system parameters in a simple way. In the present experiment we have chosen a Mach-Zehnder interferometer in which a large spatial separation of the two interfering beams can be easily realized, permitting several manipulations, such as the ad- justment of the path length difference and the relative angle of the interfering beams, and, most importantly, the easy blocking of one of the two beams. The macroscopic dimen- sions of the Mach-Zehnder interferometer allow the observer to see all components from the light source via the genera- tion and recombination of the interfering beams up to their detection.

A green laser pointer was chosen as the light source be- cause it has a sufficiently long coherence length for the easy alignment of the interferometer. The intensity of the green beam and its wavelength near the vicinity of the eye’s maxi- mum sensitivity ensure that even expanded interference pat- terns are easily visible in a large auditorium.

Our main design criterion was to have the apparatus as simple and pedagogical as possible while also offering the flexibility to vary certain parameters to illustrate several as-

pects of the phenomena. The equipment is designed for dem- onstrations in a large auditorium. The interferometer is mounted on an aluminum plate tilted by 45°, so that all com- ponents can be easily seen. If necessary, a webcam can be used to project a close-up of the interferometer table. As mentioned, the expanded fringe pattern using the full laser intensity can easily be seen from a distance without addi- tional tools. Individual photon events can be seen as pulses on an oscilloscope, or heard as clicks using audio equipment.

All relevant electronic signals!photomultiplier pulses and photodiode signals" can easily be projected using equipment such as a digital oscilloscope equipped with a video port or a USB-based oscilloscope. Attention was paid to obtain stable pictures and good visibility of all the components and pro- jected signals. Last but not least, we have made an effort to reduce component cost as much as possible, and to give the apparatus a pleasant look.

III. EXPERIMENTAL SETUP

The scheme of the experimental apparatus is shown in Fig.

2and a photo of its main components in Fig.3. The light source is a 5 mW green!!=537 nm" laser pointer. The bat- teries in the laser pointer were replaced by electrical contacts so that the laser could be driven by an external power supply.

We found that the spectral width of the laser radiation and hence its coherence length depends on the operating voltage and a randomly chosen pointer has its own optimal voltage for the highest fringe contrast. Once set correctly and after a warm-up time of several minutes this voltage gives repro- ducible results on daily basis.

The standard Mach-Zehnder interferometer has two beam splitters and two mirrors!all 1 in. optics" arranged in a 18

"18 cm2square!see Figs.2and3". One of the mirrors is mounted on a low-voltage piezotransducer that allows the voltage-controlled variation of the path length difference

!#5 V per fringe".

Fig. 1.!Color online" From particles to waves: Detection of light diffracted from a double slit on a photon by photon basis using a single-photon imaging CCD camera. Although single frames show an apparently random distribution of photon impact points, their integration reveals the classical fringe pattern.

138 Am. J. Phys., Vol. 76, No. 2, February 2008 T. L. Dimitrova and A. Weis 138

[9]

Ja! (elektromagnetism, optik) W = hf

p = h

λ E, B

Dubbelspaltexperiment med fotoner (2005)

FSS

(2)

Materiens vågegenskaper

[10]

Ger en slags förklaring till

väteatomens kvantiserade energinivåer:

de Broglie (1924):

Varje partikel kan tillskrivas en våglängd λ = h p

Plancks konstant

partikelns rörelsemängd

“materievåglängd”

Bekräftades 1927

G. P. Thomson (UK)

Davisson & Germer (USA)

[11]

[13]

[12]

villkoret 2πr = nλ måste vara uppfyllt

λ p

Jfr stående våg på sträng:

Men kan det vara så här?

Tunt lager av grafit. Fungerar som ett gitter*

för elektronerna (p.g.a. den regelbundna atomstrukturen).

Vitt ämne som fluorescerar i grönt

när det träffas av elektroner.

Elektronkanon

3

U

acc

+ –

Glödtråd e–

Ringar – partiklar har vågegenskaper!

FSS

[14]

(3)

[16]

[15]

4

Men kan det vara så här?

Dubbelspaltmönster med elektroner har observerats!

[17]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oQWtcfZN4M

FSS

Kvantmekanik (tidig)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GZdZUouzBY

Matematik ¨ ar vackert – tre exempel

Arean A under kurvan y = x

2

mellan x = 0 och 1:

A =

1

0

x

2

dx =

⇤ x

3

3

1

0

= 1

3 (1)

1 0,5

0,5 1

y

A y = x2

x

Samband mellan e = 2.71828 . . ., i som ¨ar s˚ adant att i

2

= 1 och ⇥ = 3.14159 . . .:

e

i

= 1 (2)

V˚ agfunktionen f¨or en elektron i f¨orsta skalet i en v¨ateatom (f˚ as om man l¨oser Schr¨odingerekvationen f¨or v¨ateatomen):

100

(r) = 1

⇥ ⇥ 1 a

0

32

e

a0r

, (3)

d¨ar

a

0

= 4⇥

0 2

µe

2

. (4)

Sannolikheten att hitta elektronen mellan avst˚ anden R

2

och R

1

(fr˚ an k¨arnan):

P (R

2

, R

1

) = 4⇥

R2

R1

r

2

2100

dr (5)

6

I kvantmekaniken (1925-26) beskrivs partiklar med vågfunktioner ψ (x,t)

har att göra med sannolikheten att hitta en partikel i (x, t)

Schrödinger

0 0,05 0,1 0,15

0 1 2 3 4 5

y =x

2

e

−2 x

[22]

Heisenberg

Born Dirac

(en formulering av)

[21]

[20]

[18] [19]

FSS

(4)

Kvantmekanik (tidig) vs. klassisk mekanik

Klassisk mekanik

Kvantmekanik

x(t)

ψ (x,t)

R = m d 2 x dt 2

i  ∂ ψ

∂t = −  2 2m

2 ψ

∂x 2 +U ψ

Lägesfunktion

Vågfunktion

Sannolikheten att hitta partikeln mellan x

1

och x

2

:

P(x 1 , x 2 ) = | ψ | 2 dx

x

1

x

2

Newton II

Schrödingerekvationen Representerar omgivningens inverkan

1

0 2 3 4 5 m

x

m R

FSS

Heisenbergs obestämdhetsrelation

8

Heisenberg (1927):

Omöjligt att bestämma en partikels läge och rörelsemängd samtidigt!

Δp x ⋅ Δx ≥ h 4 π

Ljus genom enkelspalt

Använd fotonmodellen och betrakta en foton i spaltöppningen. Fotonens rörelsemängd är

Minska spaltbredden mindre Δx större Δp

x

mer utsmetad intensitetsfördelning Ex:

oskärpa i

rörelsemängd

oskärpa i läge

Δx

Δp

x

p

Jfr vågmodellen:

[29]

[30]

p

(5)

Läget runt 1927

9

Partikelegenskaper Vågegenskaper

Materia

Strålning

Ja! (mekanik) p = mv W

k

= mv

2

2

p = γmv E

k

= (γ −1)mc

2

R = p

Ja! (fotonmodellen)

light!waves and particles" are mutually exclusive because they appear independently in different experiments. To elimi- nate this conceptual difficulty we have designed an apparatus in which the particle and wave aspects can first be demon- strated individually. Then the same apparatus is used to vi- sualize the real-time evolution of individual quantum events to a classical wave pattern. The use of the same light source and the same interferometer is important to convince stu- dents that we can investigate the two aspects of light with the same apparatus.

Two-beam interference phenomena are often explained on the basis of Young’s double slit experiment by displaying the well known interference pattern on a distant screen. Al- though this example is well suited for a theoretical discus- sion and most easily realized using a laser pointer and a double slit, it is not practical for advanced demonstration experiments because it does not allow the variation of system parameters in a simple way. In the present experiment we have chosen a Mach-Zehnder interferometer in which a large spatial separation of the two interfering beams can be easily realized, permitting several manipulations, such as the ad- justment of the path length difference and the relative angle of the interfering beams, and, most importantly, the easy blocking of one of the two beams. The macroscopic dimen- sions of the Mach-Zehnder interferometer allow the observer to see all components from the light source via the genera- tion and recombination of the interfering beams up to their detection.

A green laser pointer was chosen as the light source be- cause it has a sufficiently long coherence length for the easy alignment of the interferometer. The intensity of the green beam and its wavelength near the vicinity of the eye’s maxi- mum sensitivity ensure that even expanded interference pat- terns are easily visible in a large auditorium.

Our main design criterion was to have the apparatus as simple and pedagogical as possible while also offering the flexibility to vary certain parameters to illustrate several as-

pects of the phenomena. The equipment is designed for dem- onstrations in a large auditorium. The interferometer is mounted on an aluminum plate tilted by 45°, so that all com- ponents can be easily seen. If necessary, a webcam can be used to project a close-up of the interferometer table. As mentioned, the expanded fringe pattern using the full laser intensity can easily be seen from a distance without addi- tional tools. Individual photon events can be seen as pulses on an oscilloscope, or heard as clicks using audio equipment.

All relevant electronic signals!photomultiplier pulses and photodiode signals" can easily be projected using equipment such as a digital oscilloscope equipped with a video port or a USB-based oscilloscope. Attention was paid to obtain stable pictures and good visibility of all the components and pro- jected signals. Last but not least, we have made an effort to reduce component cost as much as possible, and to give the apparatus a pleasant look.

III. EXPERIMENTAL SETUP

The scheme of the experimental apparatus is shown in Fig.

2and a photo of its main components in Fig.3. The light source is a 5 mW green!!=537 nm" laser pointer. The bat- teries in the laser pointer were replaced by electrical contacts so that the laser could be driven by an external power supply.

We found that the spectral width of the laser radiation and hence its coherence length depends on the operating voltage and a randomly chosen pointer has its own optimal voltage for the highest fringe contrast. Once set correctly and after a warm-up time of several minutes this voltage gives repro- ducible results on daily basis.

The standard Mach-Zehnder interferometer has two beam splitters and two mirrors!all 1 in. optics" arranged in a 18

"18 cm2square!see Figs.2and3". One of the mirrors is mounted on a low-voltage piezotransducer that allows the voltage-controlled variation of the path length difference

!#5 V per fringe".

Fig. 1.!Color online" From particles to waves: Detection of light diffracted from a double slit on a photon by photon basis using a single-photon imaging CCD camera. Although single frames show an apparently random distribution of photon impact points, their integration reveals the classical fringe pattern.

138 Am. J. Phys., Vol. 76, No. 2, February 2008 T. L. Dimitrova and A. Weis 138

light!waves and particles" are mutually exclusive because they appear independently in different experiments. To elimi- nate this conceptual difficulty we have designed an apparatus in which the particle and wave aspects can first be demon- strated individually. Then the same apparatus is used to vi- sualize the real-time evolution of individual quantum events to a classical wave pattern. The use of the same light source and the same interferometer is important to convince stu- dents that we can investigate the two aspects of light with the same apparatus.

Two-beam interference phenomena are often explained on the basis of Young’s double slit experiment by displaying the well known interference pattern on a distant screen. Al- though this example is well suited for a theoretical discus- sion and most easily realized using a laser pointer and a double slit, it is not practical for advanced demonstration experiments because it does not allow the variation of system parameters in a simple way. In the present experiment we have chosen a Mach-Zehnder interferometer in which a large spatial separation of the two interfering beams can be easily realized, permitting several manipulations, such as the ad- justment of the path length difference and the relative angle of the interfering beams, and, most importantly, the easy blocking of one of the two beams. The macroscopic dimen- sions of the Mach-Zehnder interferometer allow the observer to see all components from the light source via the genera- tion and recombination of the interfering beams up to their detection.

A green laser pointer was chosen as the light source be- cause it has a sufficiently long coherence length for the easy alignment of the interferometer. The intensity of the green beam and its wavelength near the vicinity of the eye’s maxi- mum sensitivity ensure that even expanded interference pat- terns are easily visible in a large auditorium.

Our main design criterion was to have the apparatus as simple and pedagogical as possible while also offering the flexibility to vary certain parameters to illustrate several as-

pects of the phenomena. The equipment is designed for dem- onstrations in a large auditorium. The interferometer is mounted on an aluminum plate tilted by 45°, so that all com- ponents can be easily seen. If necessary, a webcam can be used to project a close-up of the interferometer table. As mentioned, the expanded fringe pattern using the full laser intensity can easily be seen from a distance without addi- tional tools. Individual photon events can be seen as pulses on an oscilloscope, or heard as clicks using audio equipment.

All relevant electronic signals!photomultiplier pulses and photodiode signals" can easily be projected using equipment such as a digital oscilloscope equipped with a video port or a USB-based oscilloscope. Attention was paid to obtain stable pictures and good visibility of all the components and pro- jected signals. Last but not least, we have made an effort to reduce component cost as much as possible, and to give the apparatus a pleasant look.

III. EXPERIMENTAL SETUP

The scheme of the experimental apparatus is shown in Fig.

2and a photo of its main components in Fig.3. The light source is a 5 mW green!!=537 nm" laser pointer. The bat- teries in the laser pointer were replaced by electrical contacts so that the laser could be driven by an external power supply.

We found that the spectral width of the laser radiation and hence its coherence length depends on the operating voltage and a randomly chosen pointer has its own optimal voltage for the highest fringe contrast. Once set correctly and after a warm-up time of several minutes this voltage gives repro- ducible results on daily basis.

The standard Mach-Zehnder interferometer has two beam splitters and two mirrors!all 1 in. optics" arranged in a 18

"18 cm2square!see Figs.2and3". One of the mirrors is mounted on a low-voltage piezotransducer that allows the voltage-controlled variation of the path length difference

!#5 V per fringe".

Fig. 1.!Color online" From particles to waves: Detection of light diffracted from a double slit on a photon by photon basis using a single-photon imaging CCD camera. Although single frames show an apparently random distribution of photon impact points, their integration reveals the classical fringe pattern.

138 Am. J. Phys., Vol. 76, No. 2, February 2008 T. L. Dimitrova and A. Weis 138

[9]

Ja! (elektromagnetism, optik) W = hf

p = h

λ E, B

Ja! (kvantmekanik) i ∂ψ

∂t = − 

2

2m

2

ψ

∂x

2

+Uψ

FSS

Dubbelspaltexperiment med fotoner (2005)

λ = h p

Efter 1927?

10

2000 2010 2020 2030 2040 1900

1890 1910 1920 1930 1940

1880 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990

Tidig kvant- mekanik Kvantfysik

Partikelfysikens standardmodell Kvantkemi, materialfysik Atomfysik, kärnfysik, partikelfysik

QED QCD

Relativistisk kvantmekanik, kvantfältteori

[31] [32]

FSS

(6)

Läget idag

[33]

FSS

Ett sätt at se på det:

light!waves and particles" are mutually exclusive because they appear independently in different experiments. To elimi- nate this conceptual difficulty we have designed an apparatus in which the particle and wave aspects can first be demon- strated individually. Then the same apparatus is used to vi- sualize the real-time evolution of individual quantum events to a classical wave pattern. The use of the same light source and the same interferometer is important to convince stu- dents that we can investigate the two aspects of light with the same apparatus.

Two-beam interference phenomena are often explained on the basis of Young’s double slit experiment by displaying the well known interference pattern on a distant screen. Al- though this example is well suited for a theoretical discus- sion and most easily realized using a laser pointer and a double slit, it is not practical for advanced demonstration experiments because it does not allow the variation of system parameters in a simple way. In the present experiment we have chosen a Mach-Zehnder interferometer in which a large spatial separation of the two interfering beams can be easily realized, permitting several manipulations, such as the ad- justment of the path length difference and the relative angle of the interfering beams, and, most importantly, the easy blocking of one of the two beams. The macroscopic dimen- sions of the Mach-Zehnder interferometer allow the observer to see all components from the light source via the genera- tion and recombination of the interfering beams up to their detection.

A green laser pointer was chosen as the light source be- cause it has a sufficiently long coherence length for the easy alignment of the interferometer. The intensity of the green beam and its wavelength near the vicinity of the eye’s maxi- mum sensitivity ensure that even expanded interference pat- terns are easily visible in a large auditorium.

Our main design criterion was to have the apparatus as simple and pedagogical as possible while also offering the flexibility to vary certain parameters to illustrate several as-

pects of the phenomena. The equipment is designed for dem- onstrations in a large auditorium. The interferometer is mounted on an aluminum plate tilted by 45°, so that all com- ponents can be easily seen. If necessary, a webcam can be used to project a close-up of the interferometer table. As mentioned, the expanded fringe pattern using the full laser intensity can easily be seen from a distance without addi- tional tools. Individual photon events can be seen as pulses on an oscilloscope, or heard as clicks using audio equipment.

All relevant electronic signals!photomultiplier pulses and photodiode signals" can easily be projected using equipment such as a digital oscilloscope equipped with a video port or a USB-based oscilloscope. Attention was paid to obtain stable pictures and good visibility of all the components and pro- jected signals. Last but not least, we have made an effort to reduce component cost as much as possible, and to give the apparatus a pleasant look.

III. EXPERIMENTAL SETUP

The scheme of the experimental apparatus is shown in Fig.

2and a photo of its main components in Fig.3. The light source is a 5 mW green!!=537 nm" laser pointer. The bat- teries in the laser pointer were replaced by electrical contacts so that the laser could be driven by an external power supply.

We found that the spectral width of the laser radiation and hence its coherence length depends on the operating voltage and a randomly chosen pointer has its own optimal voltage for the highest fringe contrast. Once set correctly and after a warm-up time of several minutes this voltage gives repro- ducible results on daily basis.

The standard Mach-Zehnder interferometer has two beam splitters and two mirrors!all 1 in. optics" arranged in a 18

"18 cm2square!see Figs.2and3". One of the mirrors is mounted on a low-voltage piezotransducer that allows the voltage-controlled variation of the path length difference

!#5 V per fringe".

Fig. 1.!Color online" From particles to waves: Detection of light diffracted from a double slit on a photon by photon basis using a single-photon imaging CCD camera. Although single frames show an apparently random distribution of photon impact points, their integration reveals the classical fringe pattern.

138 Am. J. Phys., Vol. 76, No. 2, February 2008 T. L. Dimitrova and A. Weis 138

light!waves and particles" are mutually exclusive because they appear independently in different experiments. To elimi- nate this conceptual difficulty we have designed an apparatus in which the particle and wave aspects can first be demon- strated individually. Then the same apparatus is used to vi- sualize the real-time evolution of individual quantum events to a classical wave pattern. The use of the same light source and the same interferometer is important to convince stu- dents that we can investigate the two aspects of light with the same apparatus.

Two-beam interference phenomena are often explained on the basis of Young’s double slit experiment by displaying the well known interference pattern on a distant screen. Al- though this example is well suited for a theoretical discus- sion and most easily realized using a laser pointer and a double slit, it is not practical for advanced demonstration experiments because it does not allow the variation of system parameters in a simple way. In the present experiment we have chosen a Mach-Zehnder interferometer in which a large spatial separation of the two interfering beams can be easily realized, permitting several manipulations, such as the ad- justment of the path length difference and the relative angle of the interfering beams, and, most importantly, the easy blocking of one of the two beams. The macroscopic dimen- sions of the Mach-Zehnder interferometer allow the observer to see all components from the light source via the genera- tion and recombination of the interfering beams up to their detection.

A green laser pointer was chosen as the light source be- cause it has a sufficiently long coherence length for the easy alignment of the interferometer. The intensity of the green beam and its wavelength near the vicinity of the eye’s maxi- mum sensitivity ensure that even expanded interference pat- terns are easily visible in a large auditorium.

Our main design criterion was to have the apparatus as simple and pedagogical as possible while also offering the flexibility to vary certain parameters to illustrate several as-

pects of the phenomena. The equipment is designed for dem- onstrations in a large auditorium. The interferometer is mounted on an aluminum plate tilted by 45°, so that all com- ponents can be easily seen. If necessary, a webcam can be used to project a close-up of the interferometer table. As mentioned, the expanded fringe pattern using the full laser intensity can easily be seen from a distance without addi- tional tools. Individual photon events can be seen as pulses on an oscilloscope, or heard as clicks using audio equipment.

All relevant electronic signals!photomultiplier pulses and photodiode signals" can easily be projected using equipment such as a digital oscilloscope equipped with a video port or a USB-based oscilloscope. Attention was paid to obtain stable pictures and good visibility of all the components and pro- jected signals. Last but not least, we have made an effort to reduce component cost as much as possible, and to give the apparatus a pleasant look.

III. EXPERIMENTAL SETUP

The scheme of the experimental apparatus is shown in Fig.

2and a photo of its main components in Fig.3. The light source is a 5 mW green!!=537 nm" laser pointer. The bat- teries in the laser pointer were replaced by electrical contacts so that the laser could be driven by an external power supply.

We found that the spectral width of the laser radiation and hence its coherence length depends on the operating voltage and a randomly chosen pointer has its own optimal voltage for the highest fringe contrast. Once set correctly and after a warm-up time of several minutes this voltage gives repro- ducible results on daily basis.

The standard Mach-Zehnder interferometer has two beam splitters and two mirrors!all 1 in. optics" arranged in a 18

"18 cm2square!see Figs.2and3". One of the mirrors is mounted on a low-voltage piezotransducer that allows the voltage-controlled variation of the path length difference

!#5 V per fringe".

Fig. 1.!Color online" From particles to waves: Detection of light diffracted from a double slit on a photon by photon basis using a single-photon imaging CCD camera. Although single frames show an apparently random distribution of photon impact points, their integration reveals the classical fringe pattern.

138 Am. J. Phys., Vol. 76, No. 2, February 2008 T. L. Dimitrova and A. Weis 138

[9]

Dubbelspaltexperiment med fotoner (2005)

Läget idag

12

Partikelegenskaper Vågegenskaper

Materia

Strålning

Ja! (mekanik)

p = mv W

k

= mv

2

2

p = γmv E

k

= (γ −1)mc

2

R = p

Ja! (fotonmodellen) Ja! (elektromagnetism, optik) W = hf

p = h

λ E, B

Ja! (kvantmekanik) i ∂ψ

∂t = − 

2

2m

2

ψ

∂x

2

+Uψ

Kvantfältteorier

QED

QCD Partikelfysikens standardmodell

FSS

(7)

Källor

[0] http://researcher.ibm.com/researcher/view_project_subpage.php?id=4252 Fe-atomer på Cu(111).

[0a] http://www.farnamstreetblog.com/2015/01/richard-feynman-knowing-something/

[0b] Richard P. Feynman i The Character of Physical Law (Penguin Books, 1992) s. 129 [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Richard_Feynman_Nobel.jpg

[1b] http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~30692~1150611:Europe- Från The Times atlas, 1895

[1b2] http://www.massingnickel.se/bussar.html

[1c] T. L. Dimitrova & A. Weis, American Journal of Physics 76 (2008) 137 se också http://photonterrace.net/en/photon/duality/

solvay Se ockås http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GZdZUouzBY

[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Broglie_Big.jpg

[3] http://www.diyphysics.com/2013/04/02/in-memoriam-dr-akira-tonomura-1942-2012/

[4] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Erwin_Schrödinger.jpg [5] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Phthalocyanine-3D-balls.png [6]

[7]

[8]

[9]

[10]

Vidareläsning

Kapitel 4 i Ett utsökt universum

av Brian Greene Quantum – A Guide for The Perplexed

av Jim Al-Khalili

http://dominicwalliman.com 12

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