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→This simple experiment demonstrates that the wave-particle duality of light.
--[[User:AugustO|AugustO]] 12:06, 6 May 2012 (EDT)
--[[User:AugustO|AugustO]] 12:06, 6 May 2012 (EDT)
''a good point was made on the talk page, but it did not justify wholesale deletion of a parapraph, which can remain with this minor tweak'' Thanks, but the ''wholesale deletion'' is justified. Please get acquainted with the concept of [[diffraction]] - it's something happening to waves, and waves only. If you haven't performed the single-slit experiment at school, take a look [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veBOHaWXS9k here].
As for the difference between ''interference'' and ''diffraction'', here's what [[Richard Feynman]] said in his lectures:
''No-one has ever been able to define the difference between interference and diffraction satisfactorily. It is just a question of usage, and there is no specific, important physical difference between them.''
Furthermore, I'd appreciate it if we could have our discussion on the talk page, and not in the edit comments. Thanks. --[[User:AugustO|AugustO]] 17:47, 6 May 2012 (EDT)