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Event-by-Event Simulation of Double-Slit Experiments with Single Photons
Event-by-Event Simulation of Double-Slit Experiments with Single Photons
This Demonstration presents a speculative alternative theory that shows that it is possible to construct classical dynamical systems that do not rely on any concept of quantum theory yet display the same interference patterns as those observed in single-photon double-slit experiments. Two properties are displayed: The solid red line represents the theoretical classical intensity, found by
I(θ)=
2
(sin(0.5kasin(θ))/(0.5kasin(θ)))
2
cos(0.5kdsin(θ))
where represents the wave number. The black dots give the normalized intensity of that detector at angle that is generated by the event-by-event algorithm.
k
θ