物理学史上最美的十个实验第五名Young'slight-interferenceexperiment杨氏光的干涉实验Newtonwasn'talwaysright
Throughvariousarguments,hehadmovedthescientificmainstreamtowardtheconvictionthatlightconsistsexclusivelyofparticlesratherthanwaves
In1803,ThomasYoung,anEnglishphysicianandphysicist,puttheideatoatest
Hecutaholeinawindowshutter,covereditwithathickpieceofpaperpuncturedwithatinypinholeandusedamirrortodivertthethinbeamthatcameshiningthrough
Thenhetook"aslipofacard,aboutone-thirtiethofaninchinbreadth"andhelditedgewiseinthepathofthebeam,dividingitintwo
Theresultwasashadowofalternatinglightanddarkbands—aphenomenonthatcouldbeexplainedifthetwobeamswereinteractinglikewaves
Theseso-calleddouble-slitexperimentsbecamethestandardfordeterminingwavelikemotion—afactthatwastobecomeespeciallyimportantacenturylaterwhenquantumtheo