The Maxwell wave function of the photon

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dc.creatorRaymer, M. G.
dc.creatorSmith, Brian J.
dc.date2006-04-24
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T07:11:55Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T07:11:55Z
dc.descriptionJames Clerk Maxwell unknowingly discovered a correct relativistic, quantum theory for the light quantum, forty-three years before Einstein postulated the photon's existence. In this theory, the usual Maxwell field is the quantum wave function for a single photon. When the non-operator Maxwell field of a single photon is second quantized, the standard Dirac theory of quantum optics is obtained. Recently, quantum-state tomography has been applied to experimentally determine photon wave functions.
dc.descriptionSPIE conference Optics and Photonics, Conference number 5866, The Nature of Light: What is a Photon?" (San Diego, Aug. 2005)
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0604169
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0604169
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/111942
dc.subjectQuantum Physics
dc.titleThe Maxwell wave function of the photon
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