Understanding light quanta: First quantization of the free electromagnetic field
Quantum Physics
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
The quantization of the electromagnetic field in vacuum is presented without reference to lagrangean quantum field theory. The equal time commutators of the fields are calculated from basic principles. A physical discussion of the commutators suggest that the electromagnetic fields are macroscopic emergent properties of more fundamental physical system: the photons.
Cite
@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0410171,
title = {Understanding light quanta: First quantization of the free electromagnetic field},
author = {A. C. de la Torre},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0410171},
year = {2007}
}