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Type: 
Journal
Description: 
An experiment analogous to the classical diffraction of light from a circular aperture has been realized with electrons. The results are used to introduce undergraduate students to the wave behaviour of electrons. The diffraction fringes produced by the circular aperture are compared to those predicted by quantum mechanics and are exploited to present and discuss the Heisenberg uncertainty principle.
Publisher: 
IOP Publishing
Publication date: 
31 Aug 2010
Authors: 

Giorgio Matteucci, Loris Ferrari, Andrea Migliori

Biblio References: 
Volume: 31 Issue: 5 Pages: 1287
Origin: 
European journal of physics