The nature of light: what is a photon?

Despite the success of quantum mechanics in predicting the final outcome of experiments, there are built-in limitations that hinder our discovery of actualprocesses in the micro world. 'The Nature of Light: What is a Photon' highlights the potential of optics and quantum optics to bring about major advances in understanding the real nature of photons and thereby open the door to many new technological applications. Challenging fundamental theory and considering new ways of thinking, international contributors discuss topics, such as single photon interference, photon diffraction based on virtual particle exchange, the Bohr model, propagating topological singularities, and the photon wave function.

• ISBN: 978-1-4200-4424-9
• Editorial: CRC Press
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 456
• Fecha Publicación: 01/06/2008
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés