From Almighty Scholar to Chief Scientist

Chapter 248 Important new results of wave-particle duality?
Could it be that there are some corners in these formulas that they haven't noticed?
Thinking about it this way, these young intern researchers suddenly felt that there was a direction to get ahead. If they could think it out and provide some help to Lin Xiao, wouldn't they be able to take off?

So they all mobilized their brains, trying to figure out some corners.

But obviously, after thinking hard for a long time, they didn't feel that there was anything hidden in the formulas in front of them.

In the end, these formulas are always just these formulas.

They couldn't help but smile wryly, what's the difference between this and letting them know things?
Staring at this formula, can you see what flowers are coming from?

When they were helpless, Lin Xiao finally raised his head and said, "Next, we will try interference experiments, including double-slit interference experiments, equal-tilt interference, and equal-thickness interference."

"Yes!"

Several intern researchers responded immediately.

However, another intern researcher took the initiative to ask: "Professor Lin, is there any problem with the above formula model?"

Asking questions is a good habit.

Lin Xiao smiled and said: "I always feel that these formulas and models can be connected by a unified formula, which is probably like string theory... You should all know that before M theory came out, physics There are several string theories in the academic world, right? And M theory proves that these string theories are all limit cases."

"And these model formulas, are they also special values ​​and limit values ​​of a unified theory?"

Hearing what Lin Xiao said, all the intern researchers present showed blank expressions.

Can these formulas also be unified into one theory like string theory?
Although it is not impossible, but...

Sorry, Professor Lin, we really can't do it.

Seeing their bewildered looks, Lin Xiao waved his hands, "Forget it, let's not talk about it, let's prepare for the experiment first."

"Okay." Several intern researchers immediately stood up.

Lin Xiao didn't pay attention to this matter. It's not surprising that these intern researchers couldn't see it.

After all, his brain development rate reached 7.05%, coupled with level 5 physics and [Physics Master Halo], he was able to take a few glances and see that there is a kind of power behind these formula models. Essential connection.

Of course, seeing it doesn't mean it can be written, it's more of a feeling.

And the intuition from a top physicist is often very sensitive.

Moreover, judging from the nature of the objects described by these formulas, it is quite normal to have something to connect them. After all, these things are always the motion of waves.

Just like the wave equation, the wave equation is derived from Maxwell's equations, which can be used to describe various wave phenomena in nature, and it can be regarded as a unified theory.

Lin Xiao fell into thinking, so what is the connection between these diffraction models and formulas?

He wrote several models and formulas on the draft paper, including the models and formulas of interference.

Interference and diffraction are two phenomena, but they also obey the same essence, because they are the connection between waves.

Simply put, interference is the result of "addition" of a finite number of beams, while diffraction is the result of "integration" of an infinite number of beams.

That's why Lin Xiao is going to do interference experiments now.

For example, the famous double-slit interference experiment.

Of course, he did not want to explore the "horror" of the double-slit interference experiment. The double-slit interference experiment broke Newton's light-particle theory and officially gave birth to the wave-particle duality.

However, for Lin Xiao, he does not want to explore whether it is wave-particle duality or wave-particle unified theory. He just wants to know how beams interfere with each other.

And its essence, what exactly.

"I always feel like I fell into a pit?"

After calculating and calculating, such an idea appeared in Lin Xiao's mind.

But finally shook his head helplessly.

Otherwise, why don't people study X-ray lithography machines?

If this thing is really researched, not to mention the lithography machine, it will be an important revolution for the world. Although it may not be as good as his multidimensional field theory in terms of theory, but in terms of applicability and reality In other words, it is better, because people can't study multi-dimensional space yet, but the application of light diffraction and interference is very extensive.

It's like the theory of high-temperature superconductivity studied by those who work on condensed matter.

Don't think about it anymore, since you have fallen into this pit, you should study it carefully.

It also happens to be what he likes.

He frowned, and over there, several trainee researchers also shouted at him: "Professor Lin, we are ready."

"Ok."

Hearing this, Lin Xiao stopped the pen in his hand and said, "Okay, let's start, let's start with the double-slit interference experiment."

"Ok."

Turn on the light source, and the interference experiment begins.

Then continue to collect various data, Lin Xiao substituted the formula and started to calculate.

In this way, time passed quickly.

For so many days, Lin Xiao has done nothing, but has been doing experiments, reproducing the results of those classic experiments before, and then calculating according to the existing formula model.

For him, this is a process of constantly deepening his impressions, and the deeper his impressions, the deeper his understanding.

And in his mind, he is constantly building a model, which can be called the wave coherent superposition model, because whether it is interference or diffraction, it is a coherent superposition of several beams.

He can build such a model in his mind without any difference in the experimental process and results, and it can emerge in his mind according to the formula and model.

Just like a humanoid computer, his brain is equipped with a finite element analysis software, which can directly simulate the experimental process.

And this is the gold content of 7% brain development, which can directly realize the simulation of a simple experiment in the mind.

And this kind of experiment that is directly simulated in the mind will be more helpful to Lin Xiao's research.

Finally, Lin Xiao felt as if he had found a law of the coherent superposition of these waves.

……

"The longer the wavelength, the larger the spacing between bright stripes. If infrared rays, ultraviolet rays, and X-rays are all visible light, then their spacing should obey such a function."

【△x=λl/d】

"Then calculate the ripples emitted by these gaps, and substitute the angle into it, you can get..."

In Lin Xiao's office, he lowered his head and calculated the formulas in front of him.

Then, he arranged various models and formulas, such as Fresnel-Kirchhoff diffraction formula, Fraunhofer diffraction model, and Fresnel diffraction model.

Substitute the results of his calculations into these calculation results respectively.

Merge similar items, eliminate remaining items, reduce, transform and divide...

These steps, which extremely test observation ability and knowledge reserves, are probably as simple as adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing within [-] in elementary school in front of Lin Xiao.

After a series of steps, the original complicated models and formulas have naturally undergone huge changes, turning into seemingly simple formulas one by one.

There seems to be no connection between these formulas, but Lin Xiao discovered something in common.

v/λ appears here!

That is, the speed of the wave divided by the wavelength, which ultimately equals...f!

That is wave frequency!
Seeing this result, Lin Xiao frowned, "Frequency of light? Particle nature?"

He has been avoiding this problem because he wants to study wave properties, not particle properties.

But now his calculation results still allow the frequency to appear in these formulas.

"A coincidence?"

He felt a little dissatisfied, so he began to try to eliminate this v/λ, but after this step, he had no choice.

"It seems that wave-particle duality cannot be avoided after all."

The wavelength of an electromagnetic wave represents its wave-like nature, while its frequency represents its particle nature.

The longer the wavelength, the more volatile it is, and the higher the frequency, the more granular it is.

From a philosophical point of view, wave-particle duality is probably a relationship of unity of opposites. Even if quantum mechanics proposed this property, it is only because people cannot understand that light exhibits both particle and wave properties. And the compromise method given.

That is to say, the wave-particle unified theory is entirely possible to exist.

Of course, in the field of physics, it is basically believed that wave-particle duality is the unified theory of wave and particle.

It's just that what Lin Xiao wants to explore is something more essential.

"Wave-particle unified theory..."

Suddenly, Lin Xiao remembered a paper he had read.

"It seems that a school in Switzerland took a picture before, a beam of light, showing both volatility and particle nature?"

He immediately turned on the computer and started searching for the paper.

It didn't take long for him to find it, without much trouble.

The paper comes from an experiment designed and completed by the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne in 2015, and published in "Nature Communications".

Looking at this paper, Lin Xiao's eyes suddenly lit up.

This is it!

Waves and particles are inseparable, and observing the wave-particles of electromagnetic waves at the same time will play a very important role in understanding the coherent superposition process of waves!
The more he looked, the more plump the model he built in his mind became.

Some lack of details, also because of this experiment, provided him with some material again.

After all, no matter whether the volatility is strong or the particle is strong, they all exist at the same time!

"It seems that next week's meeting, I have something to convince those people."

Thinking of this, Lin Xiao smiled.

"However, I have to reproduce this experiment again, um, it's better to be more detailed."

He took a look at the experiment: firing a pulse of laser light on tiny metal nanowires.The laser adds energy to the charged particles on the nanowires, causing them to vibrate.Light travels in two possible directions along this tiny nanowire, like a vehicle on a highway.When the waves travel in opposite directions and collide with each other, a new wave is formed, and this wave becomes a new light source that radiates around the nanowire.

"Well, it's a very ingenious experiment, but it can still be modified."

Lin Xiao smiled slightly, and began to contact the researchers in the laboratory to prepare for the experiment.

He is going to bring an important new result to the wave-particle duality temporarily!
(End of this chapter)