Kvanttioptiikasta energian ja liikemäärän kuljetukseen makroskooppisissa rakenteissa

  • Partanen, Mikko
Publication date
October 2017
Publisher
American Physical Society (APS)

Abstract

One of the most intriguing quantum phenomena of light is the wave–particle duality which is related to the inability of the classical wave and particle concepts to fully describe the behavior of quantum objects. Theoretically, the wave features of the electromagnetic field, such as interference, follow from the solution of Maxwell's equations while particle features are a consequence of the field quantization, in which the electromagnetic field is described to consist of discrete energy packets, photons. Due to the wave–particle duality, for example, simultaneous description of optical absorption, emission, and interference of propagating fields has conventionally not been considered feasible using local optical models but has required usin...

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