Fermat’s principle of least time may be utilized to predict reflection and refraction paths. This entails writing t in terms of distance(x)/speed of light / and varying x with dx/dt =0. It seems, however, that there may exist a different way of analysing reflection and refraction. In the case of reflection and refraction, time and frequency do not change for a reflected ray or for the x-projection of a refracted ray. For the refracted ray, both speed of light and wavelength change, but it appears that Fermat’s principle is equivalent to keeping the number of wavelengths and also periods in the x-projection of the incident and refracted rays the same. From this idea, one may create two invariants namely Et+px and -Et+px where p=h...
The relationship p=hbar/wavelength is well known for a photon. It follows from a solution for a phot...
In a previous note (1) we argued that quantum square root probabilities follow from the consideratio...
Chapter 1 Huygens' principle, too often asserted independently, is here developed with Huygens' ori...
In (1) it is stated that Fermat’s principle of least time applied to light is equivalent to a statem...
Special relativity involves the Lorentz transformation matrix which contains velocity v, and acts on...
Physically in a two ray problem, with one ray being an incident ray, one has the freedom to choose t...
Fermat’s minimal time principle involves extremizing total time traveled by light by assuming straig...
Traditionally (1) reflection of light from a mirror moving at a constant velocity is solved using Lo...
In general, x and t are considered free variables taking on all real values (with t>0). A particle’s...
Oct. 8, 2022 Note: Equation ((6)) should use sin(A') and sin(B') if A' and B' are measured with re...
Fermat’s least time principle may be applied to reflection of light from a stationary or moving mirr...
In previous notes we have argued that the notion of quantum period and wavelength follow from the Lo...
In (1) we showed that Fermat’s minimum time approach is equivalent to a hypothetical velocity approa...
It is known that if a photon hits a surface with a different index of refraction (at an angle within...
Fermat’s principle of least time may be used to calculate trajectories of light in various practical...
The relationship p=hbar/wavelength is well known for a photon. It follows from a solution for a phot...
In a previous note (1) we argued that quantum square root probabilities follow from the consideratio...
Chapter 1 Huygens' principle, too often asserted independently, is here developed with Huygens' ori...
In (1) it is stated that Fermat’s principle of least time applied to light is equivalent to a statem...
Special relativity involves the Lorentz transformation matrix which contains velocity v, and acts on...
Physically in a two ray problem, with one ray being an incident ray, one has the freedom to choose t...
Fermat’s minimal time principle involves extremizing total time traveled by light by assuming straig...
Traditionally (1) reflection of light from a mirror moving at a constant velocity is solved using Lo...
In general, x and t are considered free variables taking on all real values (with t>0). A particle’s...
Oct. 8, 2022 Note: Equation ((6)) should use sin(A') and sin(B') if A' and B' are measured with re...
Fermat’s least time principle may be applied to reflection of light from a stationary or moving mirr...
In previous notes we have argued that the notion of quantum period and wavelength follow from the Lo...
In (1) we showed that Fermat’s minimum time approach is equivalent to a hypothetical velocity approa...
It is known that if a photon hits a surface with a different index of refraction (at an angle within...
Fermat’s principle of least time may be used to calculate trajectories of light in various practical...
The relationship p=hbar/wavelength is well known for a photon. It follows from a solution for a phot...
In a previous note (1) we argued that quantum square root probabilities follow from the consideratio...
Chapter 1 Huygens' principle, too often asserted independently, is here developed with Huygens' ori...