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Wire-Grid Interference Test Suggested for Emitted Light

Einstein devised a wire-grid arrangement intended to probe the coherence length and wave character of radiation emitted in individual atomic processes.

Albert Einstein in a 1912 portrait
Albert Einstein, 1912. Photograph by J. F. Langhans — public domain. Wikimedia Commons source.
Year 1926BerlinPhysics

Wire-Grid Interference Test Suggested for Emitted Light

1926 · Berlin · Germany · Physics

Einstein devised a wire-grid arrangement intended to probe the coherence length and wave character of radiation emitted in individual atomic processes.

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