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