PhysicsCode 9702
Wave-particle duality
What this topic asks you to be able to do
- understand that the photoelectric effect is evidence that electromagnetic radiation has a particulate nature, whereas phenomena such as interference and diffraction are evidence that it has a wave nature
- outline and interpret, qualitatively, the evidence that electron diffraction gives for particles having a wave nature
- appreciate what the de Broglie wavelength means: the wavelength linked to a particle that is in motion
- state and apply λ = h/p