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What is light?
Why light is important
I2
Seeing the messengers?
Abu Ali Hasan Ibn Al-Haitham, ~1000 AD
Particle theory of light
‘Is light not a body?’
Sir Isaac Newton (1643-1727)
“The light and heat of the sun; these are composed of minute atoms
which, when they are shoved off, lose no time in shooting right across
the interspace of air in the direction imparted by the shove.”
Lucretius, ~50 BC
Corpuscular theory of light
Reflection Dispersion
Corpuscular theory of light
“Light does not bend into the shadow”
Light moves in straight lines
Wave theories of light
Christian Huygens (1629-1695)
Each point on the existing wave-front can be
considered to act as a source of waves
(sometimes referred to as "secondary
wavelets").
Wave theories of light
Wave theories of light
refraction
diffraction
New observations
Thomas Young
(1773-1829)
Light is a wave!
What kind of wave?
Light is an electromagnetic wave!
“This velocity is so nearly that of light, that it seems we have strong reason to
conclude that light itself (including radiant heat, and other radiations if any) is an
electromagnetic disturbance in the form of waves propagated through the
electromagnetic field according to electromagnetic laws.”
Crazy for Maxwell
Experimental support
"I do not think that the wireless waves I have
discovered will have any practical application."
Heinrich Hertz
(1857 - 1894)
Light as waves
 =

c
Light as waves
100 m
167 times as small as the diameter
of a hair!
0.6 m
600 nm = 0.6 m
Light as waves
Sodium vapor lamps are sometimes used for
public lighting. They give off a yellowish light
with wavelength of 589 nm. What is the
frequency of this radiation?
Spectrum of EM radiation
Spectrum of EM radiation
Are we done?
diffraction refraction
dispersion
reflection
Particle nature of light
Photoelectric effect
electrons are emitted:
- only when  is higher than certain value
- below that , intensity doesn’t matter
- instantaneously when light is applied
One-to-one interaction of a light quantum (h)
and the electron.
Atoms of light
“On a Heuristic Viewpoint Concerning the
Production and Transformation of Light”, Einstein,
1905
Light is composed of light quanta
Light is electromagnetic radiation
“associated with singular points just like the
occurrence of electrostatic fields according
to the electron theory”
“I therefore take the liberty of proposing for this hypothetical new
atom, which is not light but plays an essential part in every process
of radiation, the name photon”, Gilbert N. Lewis, 1926
Photons
Electromagnetic radiation has a frequency and a wavelength:
 =

c
Frequency is related to the energy of a photon:
E = h =

hc
Photons are bosons (s=1), many photons can have the
same ‘state’:
Etot = nh
Quantization of energy
A mole of photons in the yellow/red visible region of the
spectrum has an energy of 195 kJ/mol. Calculate the
wavelength of the light.
1. Calculate the energy for 1 photon.
2. Find the wavelength.
Do photons have mass?
Since photons have particle-
like properties, they should
have mass.
The (relativistic) mass of photons can be calculated from
Einstein’s equation for special relativity.
Where’s the photon?
Where’s the photon?
Single photon interference
What is the photon’s duration?
If the frequency of the photon is well known, the
duration of the photon is infinite!
Strange particles
Photon ‘state’ is defined by:
- momentum
- Energy
- polarization
Position and time (duration) of the photon are not well-defined!
- spin (s=1)
“Nobody knows, and it’s best if you try not to think about it.”
Richard Feynman
“These days, every Tom, Dick and Harry thinks he knows
what a photon is, but he is wrong”, Albert Einstein
Semi-classical theory
Classical EM
The propagation of light through vacuum can
also be treated quantum mechanically:
quantum electrodynamics
More light on the horizon….

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lecture7.ppt

  • 2. Why light is important I2
  • 3. Seeing the messengers? Abu Ali Hasan Ibn Al-Haitham, ~1000 AD
  • 4. Particle theory of light ‘Is light not a body?’ Sir Isaac Newton (1643-1727) “The light and heat of the sun; these are composed of minute atoms which, when they are shoved off, lose no time in shooting right across the interspace of air in the direction imparted by the shove.” Lucretius, ~50 BC
  • 5. Corpuscular theory of light Reflection Dispersion
  • 6. Corpuscular theory of light “Light does not bend into the shadow” Light moves in straight lines
  • 7. Wave theories of light Christian Huygens (1629-1695) Each point on the existing wave-front can be considered to act as a source of waves (sometimes referred to as "secondary wavelets").
  • 9. Wave theories of light refraction diffraction
  • 11. What kind of wave? Light is an electromagnetic wave! “This velocity is so nearly that of light, that it seems we have strong reason to conclude that light itself (including radiant heat, and other radiations if any) is an electromagnetic disturbance in the form of waves propagated through the electromagnetic field according to electromagnetic laws.”
  • 13. Experimental support "I do not think that the wireless waves I have discovered will have any practical application." Heinrich Hertz (1857 - 1894)
  • 15. Light as waves 100 m 167 times as small as the diameter of a hair! 0.6 m 600 nm = 0.6 m
  • 16. Light as waves Sodium vapor lamps are sometimes used for public lighting. They give off a yellowish light with wavelength of 589 nm. What is the frequency of this radiation?
  • 17. Spectrum of EM radiation
  • 18. Spectrum of EM radiation
  • 19. Are we done? diffraction refraction dispersion reflection
  • 20. Particle nature of light Photoelectric effect electrons are emitted: - only when  is higher than certain value - below that , intensity doesn’t matter - instantaneously when light is applied One-to-one interaction of a light quantum (h) and the electron.
  • 21. Atoms of light “On a Heuristic Viewpoint Concerning the Production and Transformation of Light”, Einstein, 1905 Light is composed of light quanta Light is electromagnetic radiation “associated with singular points just like the occurrence of electrostatic fields according to the electron theory” “I therefore take the liberty of proposing for this hypothetical new atom, which is not light but plays an essential part in every process of radiation, the name photon”, Gilbert N. Lewis, 1926
  • 22. Photons Electromagnetic radiation has a frequency and a wavelength:  =  c Frequency is related to the energy of a photon: E = h =  hc Photons are bosons (s=1), many photons can have the same ‘state’: Etot = nh
  • 23. Quantization of energy A mole of photons in the yellow/red visible region of the spectrum has an energy of 195 kJ/mol. Calculate the wavelength of the light. 1. Calculate the energy for 1 photon. 2. Find the wavelength.
  • 24. Do photons have mass? Since photons have particle- like properties, they should have mass. The (relativistic) mass of photons can be calculated from Einstein’s equation for special relativity.
  • 26. Where’s the photon? Single photon interference
  • 27. What is the photon’s duration? If the frequency of the photon is well known, the duration of the photon is infinite!
  • 28. Strange particles Photon ‘state’ is defined by: - momentum - Energy - polarization Position and time (duration) of the photon are not well-defined! - spin (s=1) “Nobody knows, and it’s best if you try not to think about it.” Richard Feynman “These days, every Tom, Dick and Harry thinks he knows what a photon is, but he is wrong”, Albert Einstein
  • 29. Semi-classical theory Classical EM The propagation of light through vacuum can also be treated quantum mechanically: quantum electrodynamics
  • 30. More light on the horizon….