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Wire-Grid Interference Test Suggested for Emitted Light

Germany · Science / Physics. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1926

Albert Einstein1926

Berlin · Science / 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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Albert Einstein

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