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Demonstration of single-electron buildup of an interference pattern
Abstract
The wave–particle duality of electrons was demonstrated in a kind of two-slit interference experiment using an electron microscope equipped with an electron biprism and a position-sensitive electron-counting system. Such an experiment has been regarded as a pure thought experiment that can never be realized. This article reports an experiment that successfully recorded the actual buildup process of the interference pattern with a series of incoming single electrons in the form of a movie.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Tonomura, A., Endo, J., Matsuda, T., Kawasaki, T., & Ezawa, H.
- Venue
- American Journal of Physics
- Published
- 1989-02-01
- Volume
- 57
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 117-120
- ISSN
- 0002-9505 (ISSN-L)
- 1943-2909
- OpenAlex
- W2079370746
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- 688
- References
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- FWCI
- 2.05
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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