Consistent Histories Formulation of the Double-Slit Experiment

Zachary M Rodriguez

Garry Noe

J. Finkelstein

Interpretational questions that arise in the Consistent Histories formulation of quantum mechanics are illustrated by the familiar example of a beam passing through multiple slits.

Peng, Hui

Young's one-dimension-double-slit experiment represents the basic mystery of quantum world. Although it was performed over 200 years ago, the double slit experiment still has much to offer. To explore the mystery, in this article, the 1D-double slit experiments have been extended to 2D-cross-double slit experiments. It is a challenge to explain those experiments consistently.

Jiankun Lai

John Wickham Steeds, Pier Giorgio Merli, Giulio Pozzi +2 more

The article "A brief history of the double-slit experiment" (September 2002 p15; correction October p17) describes how Claus Jönsson of the University of Tübingen performed the first double-slit interference experiment with electrons in 1961. It then goes on to say: "The next milestone – an experiment in which there was just one electron in the apparatus at any one time – was reached by Akira Tonomura and co-workers at Hitachi in 1989 when they observed the build-up of the fringe pattern with a very weak electron source and an electron biprism (Am. J. Phys. 57 117–120)."