the double slit experiment (again)

[swansont]

O.K.

If I put a water pipe around the laser stream, does that change the experiment? I don't think so.

 

 

We know that the photon has been emitted from the laser. Point A.

We know that the photon passed through one or the 2 slits. Point B.

We know that the photon hit the screnn somewhere. Point C

 

No matter the real or quantic way, path, wave or how-do-you-call-that, we know that tthe photon went through points A B C.

My question is the following:

When points A B C are not aligned, the photon must have changed direction, no?

 

The photon goes through both slits; it's a wave until you detect it.

[michel123456]

 

The photon goes through both slits; it's a wave until you detect it.

O.K.

 

Even in the case it goes through both slits, did he change direction or not?

[swansont]

O.K.

 

Even in the case it goes through both slits, did he change direction or not?

 

It doesn't have a well-defined trajectory, so "change direction" is not really a meaningful expression.

[John Cuthber]

O.K.

If I put a water pipe around the laser stream, does that change the experiment? I don't think so.

 

 

Sorry to dissapoint you, but it does.

The end of the pipe behaves like a hole in a barrier so there's diffraction and, as soon as the light leaves the pipe, it starts to spread out.

So, it doesn't have a well defined "direction" to change.

[michel123456]

Sorry to dissapoint you, but it does.

The end of the pipe behaves like a hole in a barrier so there's diffraction and, as soon as the light leaves the pipe, it starts to spread out.

So, it doesn't have a well defined "direction" to change.

What is the difference with a slit?

Isn't a slit also a "hole in a barrier"?

(edit)

i don't expect that to make any change in the experiment.

(edit#2)

Especially if the pipe is wide enough and does not touch the laser beam.

 

 

It doesn't have a well-defined trajectory, so "change direction" is not really a meaningful expression.

I thought that light follows a straight line. (Sorry, a geodesic)

Edited February 13, 2014 by michel123456

[swansont]

 

I thought that light follows a straight line. (Sorry, a geodesic)

 

That's GR, which is very different from QM.

[John Cuthber]

What is the difference with a slit?

Isn't a slit also a "hole in a barrier"?

(edit)

i don't expect that to make any change in the experiment.

(edit#2)

Especially if the pipe is wide enough and does not touch the laser beam.

 

I thought that light follows a straight line. (Sorry, a geodesic)

The hole is just like a slit. Once the light has gone through it, it spreads out, by diffraction. That's my point.

The pipe would need to be infinitely wide not to touch the sides of the beam.

That's he point of a Gaussian beam profile.

[michel123456]

 

That's GR, which is very different from QM.

Here in Greece all photons are GR

[sheever]

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[sheever]

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Edited February 24, 2014 by sheever