Wave-Particle Duality in a Double Slit Teaching Laboratory Experiment

This lab technical report contain a comparative study of double slit and single slit optical interference experiment. The experiment is conducted in an undergraduate experimental laboratory and compares laser based continuous intensity measurements with low-intensity photon-counting measurements using a photomultiplier tube. The results show strong qualitative and internal coherence result from expected interference and diffraction models.

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Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
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2026-05-29
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20453324
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Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics
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Wave-Particle Duality in a Double Slit Teaching Laboratory Experiment

Evan Zhang
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics
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Wave-Particle Duality in a Double Slit Teaching Laboratory Experiment

Evan Zhang
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Abstract

This lab technical report contain a comparative study of double slit and single slit optical interference experiment. The experiment is conducted in an undergraduate experimental laboratory and compares laser based continuous intensity measurements with low-intensity photon-counting measurements using a photomultiplier tube. The results show strong qualitative and internal coherence result from expected interference and diffraction models.

Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
UNSW Sydney (AU)
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Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics
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