2 papers
physics.hist-ph2024
Refraction, the speed of light and minimal action: From Descartes to Maupertuis through many more
Shahen Hacyan
In the 17th and 18th centuries, several natural philosophers studied the phenomenon of refraction and attempted to obtain the Snell law from various assumptions. Lacking experiment…
quant-ph2020
Quantum non-linear effects in colliding light beams and interferometers
S. Hacyan
Small corrections to the electromagnetic field in colliding light beams are evaluated taking into account the interaction of light with the quantum vacuum, as predicted by quantum…