Superposition

Chris, Clare and Jon's first (very rough) attempt to explain and prove Superposition - the idea that an object can be in (a minimum of) two different places at the same time.

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Film & Animation

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• Unlimited
• Theatre
• Superposition
• Entanglement
• Quantum
• Physics
• Teleportation
• Science

[republicofsandles]

Thank you that was fascinating.

[PRiiZMx]

thanks for the helpful video :)

[Stevezeses]

theoretically there are a total of 4 possible paths that the photon can take, pass/reflect by the first, and pass/reflect by the second, does the single photon in essence take all 4 possible paths at once? And if so should there be 2 photons going into detector b thus doubling the number of photons you had to begin with?

[Blyledge]

Doesn't phase cancellation, especially that caused by self interference, violate the first law of thermodynamics? Half of the photons, and therefore half the input energy, is simply ceasing to exist. What am I missing here?

[utubianame]

I don't think this proves superposition. You can't fire a "single" photon. Your photons at detector A could be getting canceled by other photons, correct? Or am I missing something.

[lawshorizon]

No! ... I believe that "A" would get an "anti-fring" pattern and "B" would get a "fring" pattern (of concentric circles) after the patterns average out and build up by shooting many photons through or by using a constant beam of light. [To understand waves think of sound waves, as an example, although with light there's more going on]

[brod2man]

AND THEN YOU WOKE UP

[seraaaaify]

thq to all for sharing the knowledge with us,i really appreciate ur work.thq to all

[doubleJOOteeEF]

Thanks for explaining this! Really had a hard time trying to get the concept of super positioning

[TheGrinningSkull]

I have a question, considering the waves were cancelled for A, are the waves amplified or doubled in energy getting to detector B?