Exploring Quantum Physics Through Hands-On Projects by Prutchi, David -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Half Title page Title page Copyright page Dedication Introduction Prologue

Your Quantum Physics Lab

Important Disclaimer and Warnings

Legal Disclaimer Safety and General Precautions

Acknowledgments About the Authors Chapter 1: Light as a Wave

Newton’s View: Light Consists of Particles Young’s Interference of Light Automatic Scanning of Interference Patterns The Final Nail in the Coffin For Newton’s Theory of Light Light as an Electromagnetic Wave Polarization Optics with 3-cm Wavelength “Light” Real-World Behaviors Double-Slit Interference with Microwaves The Doppler Effect Experiments and Questions

Chapter 2: Light as Particles

The Seed of Quantum Physics: Planck’s Formula The Photoelectric Effect Can We Detect Individual Photons? Low-Cost PMT Power Supplies Listening to Individual Photons Where Does this Leave Us? Experiments and Questions

Chapter 3: Atoms and Radioactivity

The Need for Vacuum The Mechanical Vacuum Pump The Vacuum Gauge A Very-High-Voltage Power Supply A Vacuum Tube Lego® Set Phosphor Screens The Electron Gun The Discovery of the Electron Cathode-Ray Tubes Thomson’s First 1897 Experiment—Negative Charge and Rays are Joined Together Thomson’s Second Experiment—Electrostatic Deflection of Cathode Rays Thomson and the Modern CRT Thomson’s Third Experiment—Mass-to-Charge Ratio of the Electron Measuring e/m with our CRT A Magical Measurement of e/m Thomson’s “Plum Pudding” Model of the Atom Geiger–Müller Counter α, β, and γ The Nature of Beta Radiation The Ionizing Power of Alpha What are Alpha Particles? Rutherford’s Alpha-Scattering Experiment Rutherford’s Planetary model of the Atom Experiments and Questions

Chapter 4: The Principle of Quantum Physics

Emission Spectroscopy Bohr’s Spark of Genius Orbitals and Not Orbits Quantization-The Core of Quantum Physics Experiments and Questions

Chapter 5: Wave–Particle Duality

Gamma-Ray Spectrum Analysis What is the Nature of Light? Two-Slit Interference with Single Photons Imaging Single Photons The Answer: Complementarity Matter Waves Matter Waves and the Bohr Atom Experimental Confirmation of De Brogile’s Matter Waves Two-Slit Interference with Single Electrons A Simple TEM Blurring the Line Between Quantum and Classical Particle-Wave Duality in the Macroscopic World Experiments and Questions

Chapter 6: The Uncertainty Principle

Wavefunctions The Uncertainty Principle Experimental Demonstration of the Uncertainty Principle Time–Energy Uncertainty Fourier Analysis Bye, Bye Clockwork Universe Experiments and Questions

Chapter 7: Schrödinger (and His Zombie Cat)

Real-World Particle in a Box Quantum Tunneling Quantum Tunneling Time Superposition and Schrödinger’s Cat Many-Worlds Interpretation Schrödinger’s Cat in the Lab Beam Splitters Who Rolls the Dice? The Mach-Zehnder Interferometer “Which-Way” Experiments The Quantum Eraser Experiments and Questions

Chapter 8: Entanglement

Bell’s Inequalities An Entangled-Photon Source Detecting Entangled Photons High-Purity Single-Photon Source Testing Bell’s Inequality Closing the Loopholes The Age of Quantum Information A Quantum Random-Number Generator Quantum Information Quantum Teleportation Faster-than-Light Communication? Quantum Cryptography Quantum Computing and Technologies for the Future Experiments and Questions

References Sources for Materials and Components Abbreviations Index