Double Slit Experiment (Young’s Experiment)
When I try explaining this to non-physics folks, I usually get glazed over stares. Finally, I found out about Mr. Quantum’s nifty video on the subject.
Enjoy.
More lay-person-ish, but more in depth here -
Double-slit experiment – Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaThe double-slit experiment, sometimes called Young’s experiment, is a demonstration that matter and energy can display characteristics of both waves and particles. In the basic version of the experiment, a coherent light source such as a laser beam illuminates a thin plate pierced by two parallel slits, and the light passing through the slits is observed on a screen behind the plate.
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