Re: Photon properties.
- From: "PD" <TheDraperFamily@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: 20 Feb 2006 07:48:54 -0800
Daniel Pitts wrote:
I have some questions about "light" waves.
I know that a Photon has an energy related to its frequency, and that
somewhat makes sense to me. What I wonder though.. A light wave has
"length" (the distance between "peaks"), but does it have an
"amplitide"?
If so, Is it also related to the frequency; is it quantized, like spin,
or is it constant?
Also, is it measurable? Are there any easy to perform experiments to
determine it?
OK, first of all, be careful mixing photon and wave descriptions. A
photon is not "really" a wave, and a light wave is not "really" a
photon. Light is what it is, and it has properties that are both like a
wave and like a particle, without being really one or the other.
A light *wave* does have an amplitude. It is the amplitude of the
electric and magnetic fields that oscillate at any given location that
the wave passes through. Yes, it is measurable. Is the magnitude of the
electric field quantized? This is a question with an obvious answer.
PD
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