Timeline for Photon's multiple frequencies by Fourier
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| Jun 28, 2013 at 0:29 | vote | accept | jinawee | ||
| Jun 22, 2013 at 19:46 | comment | added | Nick | The $\Delta t$ refers to the amount of time it takes for the expectationvalue of an observable to change by one standarddeviation. So it depends on what observable you are looking at, which in your case probably is the amplitude of the light in a given range of frequencies. | |
| Jun 22, 2013 at 19:38 | comment | added | dmckee --- ex-moderator kitten | This mechanism is, in fact, how very short particle lifetimes are measured. You find the width of the line in energy space and apply the HUP in it $\Delta E \Delta t$ form. | |
| Jun 22, 2013 at 19:31 | comment | added | jinawee | Is this a good interpretation of the energy-time uncertainty? I only know that $\Delta t$ refers to the evolution of the Hamiltonian. | |
| Jun 22, 2013 at 19:22 | history | answered | Nick | CC BY-SA 3.0 |