The Nature of Light: What Is a Photon? Book

Sect. 1 Critical Reviews of Mainstream Photon Model

1 Light Reconsidered Arthur Zajonc Zajonc, Arthur 3

2 What Is a Photon? Rodney Loudon Loudon, Rodney 11

3 What Is a Photon? David Finkelstein Finkelstein, David 23

4 The Concept of the Photon-Revisited Ashok Muthukrishnan Muthukrishnan, Ashok Marlan O. Scully Scully, Marlan O. M. Suhail Zubairy Zubairy, M. Suhail 37

5 A Photon Viewed from Wigner Phase Space Holger Mack Mack, Holger Wolfgang P. Schleich Schleich, Wolfgang P. 59

Sect. 2 Epistemological Origin of Logical Contradiction

6 Inevitable Incompleteness of All Theories: An Epistemology to Continuously Refine Human Logics Towards Cosmic Logics Chandrasekhar Roychoudhuri Roychoudhuri, Chandrasekhar 81

7 "Single Photons" Have not Been Detected: The Alternative "Photon Clump" Model Emilio Panarella Panarella, Emilio 111

Sect. 3 Exploring Photons beyond Mainstream Views

8 What Is a Photon? C. Rangacharyulu Rangacharyulu, C. 129

9 Oh Photon, Photon; Whither Art Thou Gone? A. F. Kracklauer Kracklauer, A. F. 143

10 The Photon Wave Function A. Muthukrishnan Muthukrishnan, A. M. O. Scully Scully, M. O. M. S. Zubairy Zubairy, M. S. 155

11 Photons Are Fluctuations of a Random (Zeropoint) Radiation Filling the Whole Space Emilio Santos Santos, Emilio 163

12 Violation of the Principle of Complementarity and Its Implications Shahriar S. Afshar Afshar, Shahriar S. 175

13 The Bohr Model of the Photon Geoffrey Hunter Hunter, Geoffrey Marian Kowalski Kowalski, Marian Camil Alexandrescu Alexandrescu, Camil 197

14 The Maxwell Wave Function of the Photon M. G. Raymer Raymer, M. G. Brian J. Smith Smith, Brian J. 207

15 Modeling Light Entangled in Polarization andFrequency: Case Study in Quantum Cryptography John M. Myers Myers, John M. 215

16 Photon-The Minimum Dose of Electromagnetic Radiation Tuomo Suntola Suntola, Tuomo 237

17 Propagating Topological Singularities: Photons R. M. Kiehn Kiehn, R. M. 251

18 The Photon: A Virtual Reality David L. Andrews Andrews, David L. 271

19 The Photon and Its Measurability Edward Henry Dowdye, Jr. Dowdye, Edward Henry, Jr. 281

20 Phase Coherence in Multiple Scattering: Weak and Intense Monochromatic Light Wave Propagating in Cold Strontium Cloud David Wilkowski Wilkowski, David Yannick Bidel Bidel, Yannick Thierry Chaneliere Chaneliere, Thierry Robin Kaiser Kaiser, Robin Bruce Klappauf Klappauf, Bruce Christian Miniatura Miniatura, Christian 297

21 The Nature of Light: Description of Photon Diffraction Based Upon Virtual Particle Exchange Michael J. Mobley Mobley, Michael J. 317

22 What Physics Is Encoded in Maxwell's Equations? B. P. Kosyakov Kosyakov, B. P. 333

23 From Quantum to Classical: Watching a Single Photon Become a Wave Marco Bellini Bellini, Marco Alessandro Zavatta Zavatta, Alessandro Silvia Viciani Viciani, Silvia 349

24 If Superposed Light Beams Do not Re-Distribute Their Energy in the Absence of Detectors (Material Dipoles), Can a Single Indivisible Photon Interfere? Chandrasekhar Roychoudhuri Roychoudhuri, Chandrasekhar 363

25 What Processes Are behind Energy Re-Direction and Re- Distribution in Interference and Diffraction? Chandrasekhar Roychoudhuri Roychoudhuri, Chandrasekhar 379

26 Do We Count Indivisible Photons or Discrete Quantum Events Experienced by Detectors? Chandrasekhar Roychoudhuri Roychoudhuri, Chandrasekhar Negussie Tirfessa Tirfessa, Negussie 397

27 Direct Measurement of Light Waves E. Coulielmakis Coulielmakis, E. M. Uiberacker Uiberacker, M. R. Kienberger Kienberger, R. A. Baltuska Baltuska, A. V. Yakovlev Yakovlev, V. A. Scrinzi Scrinzi, A. Th. Westerwalbesloh Westerwalbesloh, Th. U. Kleineberg Kleineberg, U. U. Heinzmann Heinzmann, U. M. Drescher Drescher, M. F. Krausz Krausz, F. 411

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