Saturday, February 13, 2016

electromagnetic radiation - How many photons are needed to make a light wave?


What is the smallest number of photons needed to make a "light wave"? In other words, how many (coherent?) photons start to exhibit classical behavior?


For example, how many photons are needed to get linear polarization? (Single photon has circular polarization.)




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