The electron as a wave

LASZLO SOLYMAR, Daniel Walsh, R.R.A. Syms

Published Sep 27, 2018• 0 citations

Abstract

Abstract Discusses the Davisson–Germer experiment in which electrons pass through a screen having one or two slits, and shows the necessity for a wave theory. The operation of an electron microscope is explained and some properties of the waves including the uncertainty between the simultaneous determination of position and momentum of the particle. Analogies with classical phenomena are discussed, namely the Fourier transform relationship between pulse length and spectral width, and the size of an aperture aerial and its relationship to the beamwidth.

DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780198829942.003.0002

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