Richard Clark wrote:
On Mon, 10 Jul 2006 17:57:42 -0400, John Popelish
wrote:


I meant that half as many photons
are produced, compared to the full dipole antenna that produces the
same fields above the center line.


Hi John,

So, proceeding along your avowed lines of Photons, one of several
questions:
Presuming 100W radiated, how many photons would that be so that we
can talk about them by halves.

Yes, that is perhaps unfair, however it demonstrates how easily the
discussion can tumble for lack of quantifiables such as that original
offering of 100W.

Should we discuss how infinitesimal the energy is in a 40M photon?
(Easily accounts for why so many are needed for that same 100W.)

No, I suppose not.

Want to get into the problems of diffraction with object lenses that
measure less than a wavelength of the photon?

Hard to escape, and makes a mess of describing mirrors too, especially
when they are skeletal approximations as well.

I can offer more thread-busters when it comes to photonics, but that
is a slam dunk. Get us rolling on one ace proposition, and I will get
back to you in a couple of hours.

73's
Richard Clark, KB7QHC

How many photons does it take to make a Watt?
73,
Tom Donaly, KA6RUH