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Photon quantum mechanics with a position observable
Margaret Hawton
We second quantize an explicitly Lorentz invariant lagrangian density and derive a theory of photon quantum mechanics. The one photon Hilbert space is the vector space of normaliza…
Covariant photon current
Margaret Hawton
Based on the physical interpretation of the photon continuity equation derived in [M. Hawton, Phys. Rev. A 109, 062221 (2024) ] the standard Lagrangian is second quantized to obtai…
Conserved photon current
Margaret Hawton
A conserved photon current is derived from the commutation relations satisfied by the electromagnetic four-potential and field tensor operators. The density is found to be a sum ov…
The quantum oscillator model of electromagnetic excitations revisited
Margaret Hawton
We revisit the quantum oscillator model of the electromagnetic field and conclude that, while the nonlocal positive and negative frequency ladder operators generate a photon Fock b…
Validation of classical modeling of single-photon pulse propagation
Margaret Hawton
"It is well-known to those who know it" that single-photon interference experiments can be modeled classically [S. Barnett, arXiv:2207.14632 (2022)]. When a single-photon light pul…
Reply to arXiv:2203.14555
Margaret Hawton
This comment refutes the claim made by A. Jadczyk and A.M. Schlichtinger in arXiv:2203.14555 that the photon position operator with commuting components proposed in 1999 does not h…