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Direct observation of thitherto unobservable quantum phenomena by using electrons.


ABSTRACT: Fundamental aspects of quantum mechanics, which were discussed only theoretically as "thought experiments" in the 1920s and 1930s, have begun to frequently show up in nanoscopic regions owing to recent rapid progress in advanced technologies. Quantum phenomena were once regarded as the ultimate factors limiting further miniaturization trends of microstructured electronic devices, but now they have begun to be actively used as the principles for new devices such as quantum computers. To directly observe what had been unobservable quantum phenomena, we have tried to develop bright and monochromatic electron beams for the last 35 years. Every time the brightness of an electron beam improved, fundamental experiments in quantum mechanics became possible, and quantum phenomena became observable by using the wave nature of electrons.

SUBMITTER: Tonomura A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1198996 | biostudies-literature | 2005 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Direct observation of thitherto unobservable quantum phenomena by using electrons.

Tonomura Akira A  

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20050906 42


Fundamental aspects of quantum mechanics, which were discussed only theoretically as "thought experiments" in the 1920s and 1930s, have begun to frequently show up in nanoscopic regions owing to recent rapid progress in advanced technologies. Quantum phenomena were once regarded as the ultimate factors limiting further miniaturization trends of microstructured electronic devices, but now they have begun to be actively used as the principles for new devices such as quantum computers. To directly  ...[more]

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