PHOTON WAVE-FUNCTIONS

被引:174
作者
SIPE, JE [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV TORONTO, DEPT PHYS, TORONTO, ON M5S 1A7, CANADA
来源
PHYSICAL REVIEW A | 1995年 / 52卷 / 03期
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D O I
10.1103/PhysRevA.52.1875
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
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.
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页码:1875 / 1883
页数:9
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