It’s a wave. It’s a particle. It’s a quanton: The Single Photon Interference Experiment

Student author(s): Sarah Jelimo Kimutai ’24* ; Akosua Boampong, ’22**;  Apurva Chauhan ’24***;  Levi Chavez Valencia ’23**** ; Lidewij Florusbosch ’24***** ; Sarah Kimutai ’24*****; Debra Lacey ’24 *****; Amadi Mitchell ’23**** ; Mahderekal Regassa ’24 ****; Arina Zadvornaya ’24*****

Faculty supervisor: Robbie Berg

Abstract: It’s a wave. It’s a particle. It’s a quanton: The Single Photon Interference Experiment

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Keywords: Quantum, quantum mechanics, interference, Mach-Zender interferometer

Funding source:  *National Science Foundation CIQM Grant (Berg)/ Barbara Peterson Ruhlman ’54 Fund for Interdisciplinary Studies, **Amabel Boyce James ’74 Fund for Summer Research in the Sciences, ***National Science Foundation CIQM Grant (Berg), ****Ronald E. McNair Scholars Program/Barbara Peterson Ruhlman ’54 Fund for Interdisciplinary Studies, *****National Science Foundation CIQM Grant (Berg)/ Barbara Peterson Ruhlman ’54 Fund for Interdisciplinary Studies