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Triple-Slit Experiment Has Quantum Implications
A century after it was first used to probe the duality of waves and particles, a modified version of the double-slit experiment—using three slits—has placed a limit on the accuracy of one of the laws of quantum mechanics.
University of Waterloo researchers Raymond Laflamme (left), Thomas Jennewein and Urbasi Sinha.
Remember learning about interference through the double-slit experiment? A century after it was first used to probe the duality of waves and particles, a modified version of the experiment—using three slits—has placed a limit on the accuracy of one of the laws of quantum mechanics.
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