Experimental Demonstrator of the Uncertainty Principle
Year: 2013
Type: dissertation
Abstract: The goal of this project was to create an intuitive and clear demonstrator of the dening properties of quantum mechanics using single slit diraction of light, which has quantum mechanical properties because of light's waveparticle duality. In this report we will describe the process and thoughts behind our project of creating a portable demonstration of the uncertainty principle. By designing and building both a physical setup with a laser, a slit, mirrors, lenses, beam-splitters, attenuators and cameras, and developing software which displays images from the cameras in a clear user interface with calculations we hope that students from high schools and gymnasiums that visit Vetenskapens Hus at Alba Nova will learn something new while using the demonstrator.
Authors: Philip Ekfeldt, Anders Pettersson
Institution: KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Language: English
Subfield: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W354604348