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Particles driven to diffraction

Almost 70 years after it was first proposed, an experiment shows that electrons can be diffracted by light waves. This result highlights the interchangeable roles of matter and light.

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Figure 1: Making light of the matter.

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Bucksbaum, P. Particles driven to diffraction. Nature 413, 117–118 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1038/35093182

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