Active Reading Exercise: Double-Slit Variations

  1. Run the double-slit experiment one photon at a time, but put detectors at both slits so you can measure a photon going through the left slit, the right slit, or both simultaneously.

    Write down your answer. Then click here to see the experimental result.

  2. The same as above, but with no detector in the right slit. (If the detector goes off, a photon went through the left slit. If something appears on Wall B but the detector didn't go off, the photon passed through the right slit.)

    Write down your answer. Then click here to see the experimental result.

  3. Repeat the original experiment (no detectors) but emit electrons—still one at a time—instead of light.

    Write down your answer. Then click here to see the experimental result.