Physics:Quantum photon field
The quantum photon field is the quantized electromagnetic field. Its particle-like excitations are photons, while its field description carries information about electromagnetic modes, polarization, phase, energy, and momentum. The photon-field concept is the basis of quantum electrodynamics, quantum optics, lasers, spontaneous emission, and light-matter interaction.[1][2]
Modes and polarization
Quantizing the electromagnetic field decomposes it into modes, each of which can have discrete occupation numbers. A one-photon state is one excitation of a mode, while coherent light contains superpositions of many photon-number states.[3]
Gauge field
The photon field is an Abelian gauge field associated with electromagnetic interactions. Charged matter fields couple to it, producing absorption, emission, scattering, and electromagnetic forces.[4]
Optical interpretation
In quantum optics, the photon field is used to describe interference, squeezing, entanglement, single-photon sources, and measurement statistics. It links classical wave optics with discrete detector events.[5]
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References
- ↑ "Photon". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photon.
- ↑ Schwartz, Matthew D. (2014). Quantum Field Theory and the Standard Model. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-107-03473-0.
- ↑ Peskin, Michael E.; Schroeder, Daniel V. (1995). An Introduction to Quantum Field Theory. Addison-Wesley. ISBN 978-0-201-50397-5.
- ↑ "Review of Particle Physics". Physical Review D 110 (3): 030001. 2024. doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.110.030001.
- ↑ "Photon". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photon.
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