Causal physics : photons by non-interactions of waves /: photons by non-interactions of waves. ([2014])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Chandrasekhar Roychoudhuri.
• Authors: Roychoudhuri, Chandrasekhar
• Contents: Contradictions in Optical Phenomena Introduction: Critical Role of Electromagnetic Waves in Advancing Fundamental Science and Various Technologies Contradictions and Paradoxes References Recognizing NIW Property Introduction Evidence of NIW Property from Common-Sense Observations Evidence of NIW Property from Multiple- and Two-Beam Interferometer Experiments Evidence of the NIW Property Built into the Wave Equations Physical Processes behind Energy Redistribution and Redirection Conflict of the NIW property with the Time-Frequency Fourier Theorem (TF-FT) References Emergence of Superposition Effects Introduction Evidence of the NIW Property Built into the Wave Equation Critical Role Played by a Beam Combiner; Collinear versus Noncollinear Beam Superposition References Diffraction Phenomenon Introduction: the Huygens–Fresnel Principle Huygens–Fresnel (HF) Diffraction Integral Appreciating the NIW Property through Some Basic Diffraction Patterns Evolution of HF Integral to an SS-FT Integral or Space–Space Fourier Transforms A Critique Against Incorporating Time-Frequency Fourier Theorem within HF Integral Visualizing Wave Propagation from Wave Equations References Spectrometry Introduction Grating Response Functions Fabry–Perot Response Function Michelson’s Fourier Transform Spectrometry (FTS) and Light-Beating Spectrometry (LBS) References "Coherence" Phenomenon Introduction Traditional Visibility and Autocorrelation Due to a Light Pulse or Amplitude Correlation Spectral Correlation Spatial or Space–Space Correlation Complex Correlation Conceptual Contradictions Existing in Current Coherence Theory Redefining Coherence as Joint-Correlation Effect Experienced by Detectors References Mode-Lock Phenomenon Introduction Recognizing Conceptual Contradictions and Ambiguities in the Observed Data of Phase-Locked Lasers Modeling Mode Locking as an Intensity-Dependent Time-Gating Process References Dispersion Phenomenon Introduction Classifying Spectral Dispersion Based on Physical Processes in the Instruments Physical Origin of Material Dispersion (Frequency Dependent Velocity) Does Group Velocity Correctly Depict the Broadening of Pulse Propagating through a Dispersive Medium? References Polarization Phenomenon Introduction Polarization Interferometry: Do EM Wave Vectors Sum Themselves or Do the Detecting Dipoles? Complexity of Interferometry with Polarized Light; Even a Fixed Polarizer Can Modulate Light Can Orthogonal Beams Combine to Make a Polarized E-Vector if the NIW Property Is Valid? References A Causal Photon without Duality Introduction Historical Origin of Wave–Particle Duality Revisiting Einstein and Dirac Postulates in Light of Planck’s Wave Packet and the NIW Property Proposed Model for Semiclassical Photons Recognizing Complexities Imposed by Mirrors and Beam Splitters in an Interferometer Information Carried by Photon Wave Packets Do We Need to Accept "Wave–Particle Duality" as Our Final Knowledge? References NIW Property Requires Complex Tension Field (CTF) Introduction Most Successful Theories Implicate Space as Possessing Some Physical Properties Propagation of EM Waves as Undulations of the Complex Tension Field (CTF) Cosmological Red Shift: Doppler Shift versus a Dissipative CTF Massless Particles as Localized Resonant Harmonic Oscillations of the CTF Four Forces as Gradients Imposed on CTF around Localized Oscillations (Particles) Wave–Particle Duality for Particles and Locality of Superposition Effects between Particle Beams CTF-Drag and Special Relativity References Evolving Scientific Enquiry Introduction: Why a Chapter on Methodology of Thinking in a Basic Book on Science? Acknowledging the Outstanding Achievements of Modern Physics Taking Guidance from Newton Evolution of Our Exploring Approaches to Understand Nature Need for Well-Articulated Epistemology for Students Seamlessly Connecting IPM-E with MDM-E by Dissecting the Measurement and Theorizing Processes Highlights of the Book and Its Accomplishments Summarizing: Congruency between Seeking "Ontological Reality" and "Sustained Evolution" References
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2014
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 530.14; Wave-particle duality; Causality (Physics); Photon emission; SCIENCE -- Quantum Theory; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Lasers & Photonics; Causality (Physics); Photon emission; Wave-particle duality
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781466515321; 1466515325
• Related ISBNs: 9781466515314; 1466515317
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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