Jay-qu Posted August 25, 2005 Report Share Posted August 25, 2005 if the amplitude of a photon the magnitude of its electric and perpendicular magnetic field? or is it something else...when photons are in step with each other they constructivly interfere - does that mean the amplitude is increased? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erasmus00 Posted August 25, 2005 Report Share Posted August 25, 2005 if the amplitude of a photon the magnitude of its electric and perpendicular magnetic field? or is it something else...when photons are in step with each other they constructivly interfere - does that mean the amplitude is increased? Matter waves are interpreted as probability waves. The amplitude squared is the probability of finding the wave at that one point in space. It is seperate from the E and B fields. When they constructively interfere the amplitude is indeed increased, as you are more likely to find a photon at that point in space. -Will Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qfwfq Posted August 29, 2005 Report Share Posted August 29, 2005 Uh, :hihi: I'm not sure of your exact meaning when you say:It is seperate from the E and B fields.but certainly the electromagnetic field is the wave function. For quantization in field theory it is usually reprsented in terms of Aµ rather than E and B. The charged fermion-photon interaction term has the contraction between Aµ and gammaµ in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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