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View SchemaQuantization of Light Energy Directly from Classical Electromagnetic Theory in Vacuum
| Authors | Wei-Long She |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | quant-ph/0512097 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0512097 |
| DOI | 10.1088/1009-1963/14/12/024 |
| Journal | Published in Chinese Physics 14, 2514-2521(2005); Online www.iop.org/journals/cp |
Abstract
It is currently believed that light quantum or the quantization of light energy is beyond classical physics and the picture of wave-particle duality, which was criticized by Einstein but attracted a number of experimental researches, is necessary for the description of light. We show in this paper, however, that the quantization of light energy in vacuum, which is the same as that in quantum electrodynamics, can be derived directly from the classical electromagnetic theory through the consideration of statistics based on classical physics. Therefore, the quantization of energy is an intrinsic property of light as a classical electromagnetic wave and has no need of being related to particles.
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