Stochastic optics: A reaffirmation of the wave nature of light [Book Review]

Foundations of Physics 18 (2):185-223 (1988)
  Copy   BIBTEX

Abstract

Quantum optics does not give a local explanation of the coincidence counts in spatially separated photodetectors. This is the case for a wide variety of phenomena, including the anticorrelated counting rates in the two channels of a beam splitter, the coincident counting rates of the two “photons” in an atomic cascade, and the “antibunching” observed in resonance fluorescence.We propose a local realist theory that explains all of these data in a consistent manner. The theory uses a completely classical description of the electromagnetic field, but with boundary conditions of the far field that are equivalent to assuming a real fluctuating, zero-point field. It is related to stochastic electrodynamics similarly to the way classical optics is related to classical electromagnetic theory.The quantitative aspects of the theory are developed sufficiently to show that there is agreement with all experiments performed till now

Links

PhilArchive



    Upload a copy of this work     Papers currently archived: 90,656

External links

Setup an account with your affiliations in order to access resources via your University's proxy server

Through your library

Similar books and articles

Families of bose rays in quantum optics.N. Mukunda, E. C. G. Sudarshan & R. Simon - 1988 - Foundations of Physics 18 (3):277-306.
Can stochastic physics be a complete theory of nature?Steven M. Moore - 1979 - Foundations of Physics 9 (3-4):237-259.
What does noise do to the bell inequalities?Trevor W. Marshall - 1991 - Foundations of Physics 21 (2):209-219.
Neutron Matter Wave Quantum Optics.Helmut Rauch - 2012 - Foundations of Physics 42 (6):760-777.

Analytics

Added to PP
2013-11-22

Downloads
61 (#237,925)

6 months
2 (#670,035)

Historical graph of downloads
How can I increase my downloads?

References found in this work

Contextual hidden variables theories and Bell’s inequalities.Abner Shimony - 1984 - British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 35 (1):25-45.

Add more references