Photon wave functions

1995/09/01 by J. E. Sipe · 9 citations
Physics and Astronomy · Computer Science · #Quantum Mechanics and Applications #Quantum Information and Cryptography #Mechanical and Optical Resonators

paper · doi:10.1103/physreva.52.1875

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Abstract

We argue that a photon wave function can be introduced if one is willing to redefine, in what we feel is a physically meaningful way, what one wishes to mean by such a wave function. The generation of a photon wave function by a spontaneously emitting atom is discussed.

Citations

• On the Wave Function of the Photon

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