The Nature of Light What Is a Photon? |
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| Editor:
| Creath, Kathy
Kracklauer, A. F.
Roychoudhuri, Chandra |
| Series title: | Optical Science and Engineering Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4200-4424-9 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 2008 |
| Publisher: | CRC Press LLC
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $287.00 |
Book Description:
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Gathering contributions from globally recognized specialists in electrodynamics and quantum optics, this volume continues the debate on the definition of a photon and the concept of wave-particle duality. After covering the mainstream view of the nature of light and photons, it presents a new and challenging scientific epistemology that explains how to overcome the prevailing paradoxes and confusions arising from the accepted definition of a photon as a monochromatic Fourier mode of...
More DescriptionGathering contributions from globally recognized specialists in electrodynamics and quantum optics, this volume continues the debate on the definition of a photon and the concept of wave-particle duality. After covering the mainstream view of the nature of light and photons, it presents a new and challenging scientific epistemology that explains how to overcome the prevailing paradoxes and confusions arising from the accepted definition of a photon as a monochromatic Fourier mode of the vacuum. It concludes with an array of experiments that demonstrate the innovative thinking needed to examine the wave-particle duality of photons.