Cecil Moore wrote:
On Jan 11, 12:10 pm, Gene Fuller wrote:
What do you recommend as the definitive reference on "the nature of
photons and photonic waves"?

I personally like "Optics" by Hecht and his idea that standing waves
maybe shouldn't be called waves at all. EM waves move energy and
conserve momentum. Standing waves don't.
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73, Cecil, w5dxp.com

That was a joke. I doubt that Hecht even uses the exact term "photonic
wave". For fun, try a Google on "photonic wave". Most of the entries are
really weird stuff.

Wave-particle duality means that light and other electromagnetic
phenomena can be described in terms of waves or in terms of photons.
There is no need to use both descriptions at the same time. The laws of
physics are complete for either.

73,
Gene
W4SZ