Demonstration of single-electron buildup of an interference pattern
Akira Tonomura, Junji Endo, Tsuyoshi Matsuda +2 more
The wave–particle duality of electrons was demonstrated in a kind of two-slit interference experiment using an electron microscope equipped with an electron biprism and a position-sensitive electron-counting system. Such an experiment has been regarded as a pure thought experiment that can never be realized. This article reports an experiment that successfully recorded the actual buildup process of the interference pattern with a series of incoming single electrons in the form of a movie.
American Journal of Physics•Feb 1, 1989•691 citations