Re: Q: shadow of a ball bearing in laser light



On Jan 18, 9:30 am, "RolandRB" <rolandbe...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
You can see an example of the shadow of a ball bearing in laser light
near the bottom of this PDF.

http://grothserver.princeton.edu/~groth/phys102s02/lectures/lecture_0...

Note the bright spot in the centre of the shadow and the rings.

Would this pattern also be obtained if the photons were supposedly sent
one at a time?

Roland

Yes, and that's the part that really boggles the mind.

PD

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