Wave-particle duality? not in optical computing

H. John Caulfield

doi:10.1117/12.891277

28 September 2011 Wave-particle duality? not in optical computing

H. John Caulfield

Proceedings Volume 8121, The Nature of Light: What are Photons? IV; 81210L (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.891277
Event: SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, 2011, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

Metaphysics has only one absolute requirement: It must account for the known physics. But many metaphysics account for light and they cannot all be right. We have only one metaphysical principle that is widely accepted (Einstein's minimum simplicity rule) and it gives no one answer. Even if we could enforce it, how would we prove its validity without a (meta)³principle? People like me who work with light are never confused about whether we are dealing with a particle or a wave. I find it useful to view light in terms even broader than the usual wave-particle description. I add a third kind of wave that is not measurable but also not restricted by the physics of the measurable. I find it difficult to account for light any other way.

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H. John Caulfield "Wave-particle duality? not in optical computing", Proc. SPIE 8121, The Nature of Light: What are Photons? IV, 81210L (28 September 2011); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.891277

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