Photon wave function

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dc.creatorBialynicki-Birula, Iwo
dc.date2005-08-26
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T06:13:25Z
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dc.descriptionPhoton wave function is a controversial concept. Controversies stem from the fact that photon wave functions can not have all the properties of the Schroedinger wave functions of nonrelativistic wave mechanics. Insistence on those properties that, owing to peculiarities of photon dynamics, cannot be rendered, led some physicists to the extreme opinion that the photon wave function does not exist. I reject such a fundamentalist point of view in favor of a more pragmatic approach. In my view, the photon wave function exists as long as it can be precisely defined and made useful.
dc.description52 pages, review paper
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0508202
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0508202
dc.identifierProgress in Optics, Vol. 36, E. Wolf, Editor, Elsevier, Amsterdam, 1996
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/93099
dc.subjectQuantum Physics
dc.titlePhoton wave function
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