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Double slits with single atoms

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, , Citation Andrew Murray 2020 Phys. World 33 (2) 31 DOI 10.1088/2058-7058/33/2/34

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1 Professor of atomic physics in the Photon Science Institute, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester, UK, e-mail andrew.murray@manchester.ac.uk

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Abstract

Thomas Young's double-slit experiment is famous for demonstrating the principle of interference. Andrew Murray explains why it's now possible to carry out an equivalent experiment using lasers that have excited individual rubidium atoms

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