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| author | Eugeniy Mikhailov <evgmik@gmail.com> | 2014-10-07 10:47:38 -0400 |
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| committer | Eugeniy Mikhailov <evgmik@gmail.com> | 2014-10-07 10:47:38 -0400 |
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diff --git a/single-photon-interference.tex b/single-photon-interference.tex index 0527334..056d1fc 100644 --- a/single-photon-interference.tex +++ b/single-photon-interference.tex @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ \section*{History} There is a rich historical background behind the experiment you are about to perform. Isaac Newton first -separated white light into its colors, and in the 1680's hypothesized that light was composed of `corpuscles', +separated white light into its colors, and, in the 1680's, hypothesized that light was composed of `corpuscles', supposed to possess some properties of particles. This view reigned until the 1800's, when Thomas Young first performed the two-slit experiment now known by his name. In this experiment he discovered a property of destructive interference, which seemed impossible to explain in terms of corpuscles, but is very naturally |