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Commando Spaz
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What would happen if the double slit experiment were to be undertaken using white light, and one of the slits was covered by a monochromatic filter (i.e. something which only one wavelength could pass through), and apart from this there was no detector monitoring which slit each photon was coming through?
I think there are two possible scenarios:
1. The wave interference pattern is visible for the colour of the filter, however the rest of the light would display a normal particle pattern behind the slit which was not filtered, it would not be white light, but would represent the white light if the wavelength of the monochromatic filtered light were removed from it.
2. There would be no interference pattern and the particle pattern would appear on the screen, the light which came through the non filtered slit would be white, and the light which came through the filtered slit would be monochromatic.
Please explain which, if either of these scenarios would occur, please explain why or why not
I think there are two possible scenarios:
1. The wave interference pattern is visible for the colour of the filter, however the rest of the light would display a normal particle pattern behind the slit which was not filtered, it would not be white light, but would represent the white light if the wavelength of the monochromatic filtered light were removed from it.
2. There would be no interference pattern and the particle pattern would appear on the screen, the light which came through the non filtered slit would be white, and the light which came through the filtered slit would be monochromatic.
Please explain which, if either of these scenarios would occur, please explain why or why not