QUANTUM-THEORY OF LIGHT-PROPAGATION - LINEAR MEDIUM
QUANTUM-THEORY OF LIGHT-PROPAGATION - LINEAR MEDIUM
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DOI：
10.1103/physreva.35.4661
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发表时间：
1987-06-01
影响因子：
2.9
通讯作者：
ABRAM, I
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作者：
ABRAM, I
我们开发了一种量子力学形式主义，它允许在量子光学的概念框架内处理光传播。该形式依赖于辐射场动量算子的计算，并直接产生电磁波空间行进的描述。在本文中，我们通过将形式主义应用于线性电介质的传播，对折射和反射进行量子力学处理。这种形式主义再现了经典光学已知的所有结果的保真度证明了其有效性。
We have developed a quantum-mechanical formalism which permits the treatment of light propagation within the conceptual framework of quantum optics. The formalism rests on the calculation of the momentum operator for the radiation field, and yields directly a description for the spatial progression of the electromagnetic waves. In this paper we give a quantum-mechanical treatment for refraction and reflection by applying our formalism to propagation through a linear dielectric. The fidelity with which this formalism reproduces all results known from classical optics demonstrates its validity.