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Canal-Ray Radiation Coherence Test Proposed

Einstein proposed experiments on light emitted by moving canal-ray atoms to test how quantum emission events could coexist with the coherence properties expected from wave optics.

Albert Einstein photographed in Princeton in 1947
Albert Einstein, Princeton, 1947. Photograph by Oren Jack Turner; Library of Congress image with no known restrictions. Wikimedia Commons source.
Year 1926BerlinPhysics

Canal-Ray Radiation Coherence Test Proposed

1926 · Berlin · Germany · Physics

Einstein proposed experiments on light emitted by moving canal-ray atoms to test how quantum emission events could coexist with the coherence properties expected from wave optics.

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