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What happens to the non-axial photons of a laser cavity?

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Can a group of electrons act as one and deflect a photon as a group?

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Gaining some intuition for thermal sources producing photon bunching

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Why is it difficult to obtain a strictly monochromatic light of a single wavelength?

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Is there an equivalence between the creation of a wavefunction and the collapse of a wavefunction?

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Why does audio signal amplitude always fall off at higher frequencies?

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How can sub- and super-Poissonian statistics be distinguished from bunching and antibunching?

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Refraction of a normal incident ray

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Microscopic origin of non-linear optical effect

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Is it possible to construct a lens which focuses all the light rays from an extended object in one point?

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Randomness of photon's spontaneous emission

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Calculating initial average energy of a thermal state

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Why was the AC Stark effect only discovered after the laser was invented?

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Photon statistics for thermal light?

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Is perfectly monochromatic light always polarized and vice-versa?

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If most types of practical lasers produce a large number of half-wavelengths, then how are they practical for use at all?

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Can telescopes go beyond the diffraction limit by having a better image sensor?

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What prevents digital interferometry in an optical telescope array?

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All photons incident upon an object are ultimately scattered somewhere, right? Either elastically or inelastically?

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Why can we observe thin-film interference or optical fringes when a film is illuminated by broadband radiation?

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Why do mountains disappear into the distance?

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Why can no commercial laser products achieve a frequency stability of $< 1 \ \text{Hz}$?

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Can you shake a charged object fast enough to create light?

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Justifying assumptions for deriving Poissonian photon statistics

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Double-slit with polarizing filter

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A quantum mechanical interpretation of the diffraction formula, $d \sin \theta = n \lambda$

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Coherent state (or “poissonian process”) with uncorrelated phases = thermal state?

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Can you see a photon from the side?

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Photoelectric Effect and Acceleration

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Can two atoms collide inelastically?

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50 Answers

What happens to the non-axial photons of a laser cavity?

Can a group of electrons act as one and deflect a photon as a group?

Gaining some intuition for thermal sources producing photon bunching

Why is it difficult to obtain a strictly monochromatic light of a single wavelength?

Is there an equivalence between the creation of a wavefunction and the collapse of a wavefunction?

Why does audio signal amplitude always fall off at higher frequencies?

How can sub- and super-Poissonian statistics be distinguished from bunching and antibunching?

Refraction of a normal incident ray

Microscopic origin of non-linear optical effect

Is it possible to construct a lens which focuses all the light rays from an extended object in one point?

Randomness of photon's spontaneous emission

Calculating initial average energy of a thermal state

Why was the AC Stark effect only discovered after the laser was invented?

Photon statistics for thermal light?

Is perfectly monochromatic light always polarized and vice-versa?

If most types of practical lasers produce a large number of half-wavelengths, then how are they practical for use at all?

Can telescopes go beyond the diffraction limit by having a better image sensor?

What prevents digital interferometry in an optical telescope array?

All photons incident upon an object are ultimately scattered somewhere, right? Either elastically or inelastically?

Why can we observe thin-film interference or optical fringes when a film is illuminated by broadband radiation?

Why do mountains disappear into the distance?

Why can no commercial laser products achieve a frequency stability of $< 1 \ \text{Hz}$?

Can you shake a charged object fast enough to create light?

Justifying assumptions for deriving Poissonian photon statistics

Double-slit with polarizing filter

A quantum mechanical interpretation of the diffraction formula, $d \sin \theta = n \lambda$

Coherent state (or “poissonian process”) with uncorrelated phases = thermal state?

Can you see a photon from the side?

Photoelectric Effect and Acceleration

Can two atoms collide inelastically?