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PhET Simulation: Quantum Wave Interference
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This webpage contains an interactive simulation that allows students to explore quantum interference of photons and matter particles. The simulation allows the user to shoot either a continuous beam or single particles at a screen and watch an interference pattern emerge.  This simulation is part of a large and growing collection. It has been designed using principles from physics education research and refined based on student interviews.
https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulations/quantum-wave-interference
Subjects Levels Resource Types
Quantum Physics
- Probability, Waves, and Interference
- Upper Undergraduate
- Lower Undergraduate
- High School
- Instructional Material
= Interactive Simulation
Intended Users Formats Ratings
- Learners
- application/java
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Access Rights: Free access
Restriction: © 2005 PHET and University of Colorado
Additional information is available.
Keywords: Double slit, Single slit, Uncertainty, double slit, interference pattern, particle interference, wave function
Record Cloner: Metadata instance created September 9, 2006 by Gifford Weber
Record Updated: Feb 22, 2025 by Lyle Barbato
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when Cataloged:		 August 11, 2006
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(PhET, Boulder, 2005), WWW Document, (https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulations/quantum-wave-interference).
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PhET Simulation: Quantum Wave Interference (PhET, Boulder, 2005), <https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulations/quantum-wave-interference>.
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PhET Simulation: Quantum Wave Interference. (2006, August 11). Retrieved March 23, 2025, from PhET: https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulations/quantum-wave-interference
Chicago Format
PhET. PhET Simulation: Quantum Wave Interference. Boulder: PhET, August 11, 2006. https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulations/quantum-wave-interference (accessed 23 March 2025).
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PhET Simulation: Quantum Wave Interference. Boulder: PhET, 2005. 11 Aug. 2006. 23 Mar. 2025 <https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulations/quantum-wave-interference>.
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