Re: single photon through glass

"Dirk Bruere at NeoPax" <dirk.bruere@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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ajiko wrote:
Thanks. Forgot about that Feynman book. I have it and just re-read it.

The photon takes all paths through the glass. Some of the paths include
one
or more scattering. Each scattering results in a 90 degree phase shift.
When
the paths are merged with the phase shifts included, the effect is
equivalent to
a slower velocity.

It was the inclusion of the scatterings in the merging process that is
confusing.
I thought that event type things were supposed to make the field collapse
and the process start over.

So the photon interacting with the glass atoms does not constitute a
measurement that would localise the photon?

--
Dirk

That's a core point for looking at this. I'm still not sure. Feynman'
setup uses a monochromatic source. His other examples were almost
always single photons. Not the case for the glass
reflection/transmission example.

There was a reflection analysis (grating) that required the originating
time at the source for the photon to vary. This implies that multiple
source photons went into the calculation for a single destination
photon.

The transmission analysis is getting more confusing each time I review
it. I'm wanting to build the correct model of QED equations. I feel I'm
almost ready to get started.

It feels like a photon scattering in glass is:
1) an absorption by a glass molecule
2) a glass molecule in an excited state for a time
3) a re-emission at the same energy

The glass molecule holds the excited state for a quarter cycle. I'm
wondering what determines the duration of an excited state. It seems it
must be associated with the ability to complete another interaction.

The interaction is virtual in the sense that it gets merged with all
variations. The only measured interaction is the initial emission to
final absoption.

I would say no. The photon is never localised within the glass.

--Ned


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