Einstein's box

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Einstein's thought experiment of 1930 as designed by Bohr. Einstein's box was supposed to prove the violation of the indeterminacy relation between time and energy.
Einstein's thought experiment of 1930 as designed by Bohr. Einstein's box was supposed to prove the violation of the indeterminacy relation between time and energy.
George Gamow's make-believe experimental apparatus for validating the thought experiment at the Niels Bohr Institute in Copenhagen.
George Gamow's make-believe experimental apparatus for validating the thought experiment at the Niels Bohr Institute in Copenhagen.

Einstein's box is a theoretical chamber in a thought experiment, from which trapped light is released one photon at a time.

A group of French physicists claim to have built such a box, 1.1 inches big, which allows them to capture a photon for a seventh of a second.[1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Photons Trapped for Record Time
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