What is the information in a photon?

Subhash Kak

doi:10.1117/12.734680

31 August 2007 What is the information in a photon?

Subhash Kak

Proceedings Volume 6664, The Nature of Light: What Are Photons?; 666403 (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.734680
Event: Optical Engineering + Applications, 2007, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

This paper considers the amount of information in a photon. It is argued that a photon in a pure state also carries information, which is contrary to established opinion based on von Neumann entropy.

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Subhash Kak "What is the information in a photon?", Proc. SPIE 6664, The Nature of Light: What Are Photons?, 666403 (31 August 2007); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.734680

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