Timeline for How can a single photon or electron create a small visible dot on a photosensitive plate?
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| Jan 23, 2015 at 16:41 | history | edited | Metrica | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jan 23, 2015 at 16:40 | answer | added | micmanos | timeline score: 0 | |
| Jan 23, 2015 at 16:26 | vote | accept | Metrica | ||
| Jan 23, 2015 at 16:18 | history | edited | Metrica | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jan 23, 2015 at 16:06 | comment | added | Metrica | I believe in this double-slit experiment (hitachi.com/rd/portal/research/em/doubleslit.html) there is an amplifying apparatus (more like a photomultiplier) somewhere between the detector and the screen. | |
| Jan 23, 2015 at 15:46 | comment | added | Paul | THIS article says we cannot see a single photonhttp://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/physics/Quantum/see_a_photon.html | |
| Jan 23, 2015 at 15:29 | answer | added | Georg | timeline score: 5 | |
| Jan 23, 2015 at 15:22 | comment | added | Time4Tea | I assume it's similar to how a geiger-muller tube can produce an audible sound from just one high-energy particle produced by radioactive decay. | |
| Jan 23, 2015 at 15:12 | comment | added | pfnuesel | Not sure how it's done today, but google for photomultiplier. | |
| Jan 23, 2015 at 14:59 | history | asked | Metrica | CC BY-SA 3.0 |