Photons possess a quantum metric in momentum space that induces a nonlinear Hall effect for light in inhomogeneous media and nonlinear corrections to gravitational lensing from the interplay of position and momentum space geometry.
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Photon wave function is a controversial concept. Controversies stem from the fact that photon wave functions can not have all the properties of the Schroedinger wave functions of nonrelativistic wave mechanics. Insistence on those properties that, owing to peculiarities of photon dynamics, cannot be rendered, led some physicists to the extreme opinion that the photon wave function does not exist. I reject such a fundamentalist point of view in favor of a more pragmatic approach. In my view, the photon wave function exists as long as it can be precisely defined and made useful.
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Derives the bound Δr Δk ≥ 5/2 for position and wavevector variances in classical and quantum electromagnetism.
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Quantum Metric and Nonlinear Hall Effect of Photons
Photons possess a quantum metric in momentum space that induces a nonlinear Hall effect for light in inhomogeneous media and nonlinear corrections to gravitational lensing from the interplay of position and momentum space geometry.
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Uncertainty relations in classical and quantum theories of electromagnetism
Derives the bound Δr Δk ≥ 5/2 for position and wavevector variances in classical and quantum electromagnetism.