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insight · 27th November 2007, 05:23 PM

Hi,

Is it possible to design a circuit that would fire electrons strictly one by one, at an arbitrarily chosen time interval.

regards,
dejan

**Nigel Goodwin** · 27th November 2007, 05:28 PM

I wouldn't have thought so - and certainly not at the level of these forums!.

blueroomelectronics · 27th November 2007, 06:22 PM

Well there goes my Cyclotron kit...

insight · 27th November 2007, 06:29 PM

Such a big machine, to fire only one electron. Nay, I guess machine to do that would be quite small.

cheers, d.

blueroomelectronics · 27th November 2007, 06:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by insight

Such a big machine, to fire only one electron. Nay, I guess machine to do that would be quite small.

cheers, d.

Good thing you didn't want to view particles.

jpanhalt · 27th November 2007, 06:52 PM

As I vaguely recall from a long time ago, the big problem would be in localizing that single electron.

However, if you can accept an answer based on probability, one could dilute a beta-emitting isotope to such an extent that over any given period, on average, one electron would be emitted. How you would detect that in the presence of all of the background noise is another question. John

insight · 27th November 2007, 07:06 PM

Hi Bill,

They are firing hole bunch of particles, not just one, in that circular thing.

There is a standard experiment in quantum mechanics where they fire electrons one by one. And they have detectors, that can detect single particle.

I was just curious. I would like to do some QM experiments, that are not too big, or too expensive. Just plainly weird. Kind of wanted to see that wave/particle duality for myself.

cheers, dejan

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27th November 2007, 05:23 PM	(permalink)
insight	A circuit that fires a single electron Hi, Is it possible to design a circuit that would fire electrons strictly one by one, at an arbitrarily chosen time interval. regards, dejan

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27th November 2007, 06:29 PM	(permalink)
insight	Such a big machine, to fire only one electron. Nay, I guess machine to do that would be quite small. cheers, d.

27th November 2007, 06:52 PM	(permalink)
jpanhalt	As I vaguely recall from a long time ago, the big problem would be in localizing that single electron. However, if you can accept an answer based on probability, one could dilute a beta-emitting isotope to such an extent that over any given period, on average, one electron would be emitted. How you would detect that in the presence of all of the background noise is another question. John

27th November 2007, 07:06 PM	(permalink)
insight	Hi Bill, They are firing hole bunch of particles, not just one, in that circular thing. There is a standard experiment in quantum mechanics where they fire electrons one by one. And they have detectors, that can detect single particle. I was just curious. I would like to do some QM experiments, that are not too big, or too expensive. Just plainly weird. Kind of wanted to see that wave/particle duality for myself. cheers, dejan Last edited by insight; 27th November 2007 at 07:08 PM.