Single photon production and detection
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Single photon production and detection by Ciro Santilli 35 Updated 2024-12-23 +Created 2024-10-28
You can't get more direct than this in terms of proving that photons exist!
The particular case of the double-slit experiment will be discussed at: single particle double slit experiment.
Production:
Detectors are generally called photomultipliers:
Bibliography:
- iopscience.iop.org/book/978-0-7503-3063-3.pdf Quantum Mechanics in the Single Photon Laboratory by Waseem, Ilahi and Anwar (2020)