Photon wave functions, wave-packet quantization of light, and coherence theory

New Journal of Physics

Volumn 9, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Smith, Brian J ^a,b   Raymer, M G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETISM; PHOTONS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; WAVE FUNCTIONS; WAVE PACKETS;

PHOTON WAVE MECHANICS (PWM); PHOTONENERGY; QUANTIZED FIELD THEORIES (QFT);

COHERENT LIGHT;

EID: 37449018965     PISSN: 13672630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/9/11/414     Document Type: Article

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