Can You Capture a Light Wave? Mind-Blowing Wave-Particle Duality Experiment!

In this video I show you an easy way to show that light is neither a wave nor a particle (or it is both?) by doing the double slit experiment followed by an analog of the photoelectric effect. This is a crazy experiment that shows how weird quantum mechanics really is. And an added bonus is that you can do these experiments at home! Finally I even show you what an electron orbital really means.
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[@spicymemeboi2646]

light is actually made of lasagna

[@JamesSamples]

I never realized that the split could be done on a low budget. That's cool!

[@Raxilla]

I love this channel. It's so underrated. No fancy graphics or animations. You cut through all the gunk with simple and clear explanations.

[@suga4all]

Great explanation. Love your videos. But here, a little mistake slipped in at

[@tylertalsma7794]

You basically explained quantum mechanics in a simple way it's amazing.

[@ZERO3690]

People are particles, but when you put them together, they act like waves

[@vertigoz]

If only the double slit was to be made with blue light, perhaps we would see it painting it wide spread

[@Johnny-tw5pr]

You should do the last experiment with blue light.

[@dominickscott4454]

“Then after you’re thoroughly confused, I’ll explain what light really is.”

[@georgeplaxton3067]

When studying precious stones (opal), we were under the impression that different colours expressed was the micro beads in the silicate were of different sizes and behaved like prisms, re-enforcing individual colours (red, green and blue).

[@PhilTibble]

So approachable and down to earth yet passes on so much knowledge. I love the genuine excitement. give this guy a laser pointer and a sharpie and some space in his garage and he makes me feel like I am learning more than I did in uni! yo PBS or TVO or BBC or someone get this guy a show!

[@anujsinghchauhan24]

This video really made my whole day. :)

[@gbye007]

Light has the properties of a quantized wave: neither wave nor particle, neither fish nor fowl. The particle characterization of EMR has been superseded by quantum field theory. You don't need to invoke particles with momentum to explain a transfer of energy from photons to electrons. None the less, your double slit setup with the laser pointer is fun to see.

[@Viki-zo1bc]

I wish I were born in a simpler universe where light would be either particle or wave.

[@philjamieson5572]

What an excellent presentation. Thanks for putting this on here. It's so cleverly explained.

[@TimothyMichaels]

Double slit glow in the dark project was lit.

[@chrislayne9440]

So basically: Schroedinger's light.

[@gamestuff5944]

No one:

[@fagica]

The best explanation of the particle-wave duality I have seen on youtube. Bravo.