Original scientific figures and bilingual seminar handouts about key experimental demonstrations of the Aharonov–Bohm effect. The material was created for my contribution to the Key Experiments in Quantum Science seminar at Heidelberg University.
The handouts focus on Chambers' 1960 electron-interference experiment and Tonomura's 1986 experiment with a completely shielded magnetic field. The figure collection also covers the electric and magnetic Aharonov–Bohm effects, electron holography, electron interferometry, point-source holography, and toroidal magnets. It is intended for physics teaching, presentations, lecture notes, and other educational material.
The white-background previews below are rendered from the English PDFs. Click a preview to open the corresponding PDF. Every illustration is also available as an editable SVG and a high-resolution PNG. Corresponding German versions are included.
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Chambers experiment (1960). Experimental arrangement showing the electron wave passing an iron whisker, the electrical biprism, and the resulting interferogram. SVG · PDF · PNG |
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Electric Aharonov–Bohm effect. Schematic electron interferometer with two paths exposed to different time-dependent electric potentials. SVG · PDF · PNG |
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Magnetic Aharonov–Bohm effect. Two electron paths enclose a solenoid, illustrating the magnetic field and vector potential relevant to the phase shift. SVG · PDF · PNG |
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Point-source holography: recording. Interference of a plane reference wave with a spherical object wave produces a point hologram. SVG · PDF · PNG |
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Point-source holography: reconstruction. Illumination of the hologram by a reference wave reconstructs the original object wave. SVG · PDF · PNG |
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Hologram-to-interferogram reconstruction. Optical arrangement used to reconstruct an electron hologram and obtain an interference pattern. SVG · PDF · PNG |
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Tonomura electron-holography setup. Object and reference electron beams are combined with an electron biprism to record a hologram. SVG · PDF · PNG |
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Toroidal magnet. Side and top views showing the confined magnetic field and the vector potential outside the magnet. SVG · PDF · PNG |
- SVG — best for editing, translation, and scalable use on the web.
- PDF — best for LaTeX documents, printing, and other publication workflows.
- PNG — best for quick previews, slides, and software without vector support.
The original figures in figures-english/ and
figures-german/ were created by Matti Weber and are
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The handout PDFs are not covered by this license as a whole. Third-party material cited or reproduced within them remains subject to the rights and terms of its respective source.
Suggested attribution:
Figure by Matti Weber, from Aharonov–Bohm Effect: Experiments and Reusable Scientific Figures, 2026, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21343782.
Suggested repository citation:
Weber, Matti (2026). Aharonov–Bohm Effect: Experiments and Reusable Scientific Figures (Version 1.0.0) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21343782.
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