Photon wave functions, wave-packet quantization of light, and coherence theory
Photon wave functions, wave-packet quantization of light, and coherence theory
The monochromatic Dirac and polychromatic Titulaer–Glauber quantized field theories (QFTs) of electromagnetism are derived from a photon-energy wave function in much the same way that one derives QFT for electrons, i.e., by quantization of a single-particle wave function. The photon wave function and its equation of motion are established from …