Photograph of Light as Wave and Particle

Asked May 28 '15 at 06:02

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what is this? actually its the first photo of light as wave and a particle. here is the photo

The bottom "slice" of the image shows the particles, while the top image shows light as a wave.

i have questions

1.how this experiment was conducted. Explain it briefly.

2.how this proves the duality.

3.how does this ripples show the duality nature of light.

asked May 28 '15 at 06:02

Pushkar Soni

It isn't what you think it is. – Jimmy360 May 28 '15 at 06:08
Where did you get this picture? – WillO May 28 '15 at 06:08
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seems to be from here. For that matter seems to be already asked here – Xeren Narcy May 28 '15 at 06:13
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to quote the answer on the linked question: "What they actually measured was not particle behavior. It was just a quantized energy transfer to the probing electrons. That corresponds to the absorption of individual photons, but it doesn't mean the Surface Plasmon Polariton (SPP) field was acting as a particle."; and from the same an article explaining it – Xeren Narcy May 28 '15 at 06:19
That's a pretty computer graphic... but where are the particles? I don't see any balls in here, just colored pixels. – CuriousOne May 28 '15 at 07:39

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