Do i need a photographic plate to try the double slit experiment?

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jamesj · Answer

Young's double slit experiment?  No.  What's tricky is constructing two genuine, identical uniformly thin slits and making sure no other light enters from the side.

jamesj · Answer

Great experiment to do by the way!

anonymous · Answer

Yeah, will it work just by doing it at night with no lights on? I know, its mindblowing..

jamesj · Answer

btw, why is this in Mathematics?  Should be in Physics!

anonymous · Answer

Oh right!

jamesj · Answer

Doesn't need to be a night.  Young himself used sunlight.  What you need to do is make sure no other light enters in from the sides, as that will make the fringe pattern hard to see.

anonymous · Answer

Oh. Im kind of doubting that it will work!

anonymous · Answer

I mean i see no logic in it, but thats what makes quantum mechanics interesting.