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Abstract: |
We identify two fundamental
conceptual confusions in current physics, which have been
continuing for centuries. First, the NIW (Non-Interaction of
Waves) principle – propagating wave forms, in the linear
domain, do not interact (interfere) by themselves. When the
detecting or detectable medium is present within the volume of
the superposed waves, we can observe the superposition effect.
For sound, water and other material based waves, the wave
manifesting medium itself is observable and the superposition
effect becomes obvious to us. But the cosmic tension field (CTF)
that manifests light waves, are not directly observable to our
current technology. So we insert some detecting materials within
the volume of superposition that can interact with all the
superposed light waves. The detectors sum the joint stimulations
and display the superposition effect. Thus, all superposition
effects are necessarily local since any one of the four
forces of interaction that is in play, has a finite range for
effective influence to generate the measured outcome.
Second, all wave signals
necessarily have a space and time finite existence due to
conservation of energy. To model actual physical interactions,
we must propagate the actual carrier frequencies of the
time-finite signal, rather than propagate the time-free
Fourier frequencies of the mathematical envelope function.
Fourier monochromatic modes of infinite duration necessarily
violate causality and energy conservation.
This talk will stay focused on presenting
a program plan to revitalize only classical and quantum optics.
Our mathematical model employs the two conceptual improvements
mentioned above by explicitly recognizing the role of the
detectors in summing the multiple stimulations induced by
simultaneous presence of multiple waves.
One appreciate these conceptual confusions
after developing the missing logical structure for measurements
(generally recognized as the "Measurement Problem"). This
measurement logic structure facilitates the harmonious
connectivity between a precise mathematical theory and the
measured data predicted by it. It also reveals that
all measurement data
provide us with necessarily incomplete information about the
interaction under study.
By using these background knowledge, I
will demonstrate that the fields of (i) spectroscopy (ii)
coherence, (iii) laser mode locking, & (iv) elliptical
polarization in classical optics and (v) the physical shape of
"photons" (light pulses) in quantum optics, require significant
refinements. These refinements reveal that Quantum Mechanics has
more reality built into it than the Copenhagen Interpretation
has allowed us to believe. These refinements also allow, not
only much better understanding of physics, but also pave the way
towards invention of many new and better optical instruments.
[Ref. Ch.6 in
The nature of light: What is a
photon? CRC Press (2008); Eds. C. Roychoudhuri, A. F.
Kracklauer & K. Creath.] |