We are way far afield from my original question, but that's OK. Once I understand more of the nomenclature I mis-used, I will ask again correctly. In the mean time...
OK, you really are saying that the results I saw with those Polaroid lenses and a flashlight, were the result of...
Ich,
I am confused by how you are using the word "interference". Based on my understanding of the word, if the lack of light passing through two Polaroid filters (one oriented at 0 degrees, the other at 90 degrees) was a result of interference, then I should have been able to move a bit...
OK, wait a minute. I have done this three-filters experiment (albeit with lenses from some cheap Polaroid sunglasses, which seem to have a limit on what they can filter; even with two crossed filters, I could see blue light from my flashlight -- I guess the shorter wavelengths pass through...
They use \LaTeX for equations here.
There is an discussion dating to when this feature was introduced, https://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=8997". The first post contains links to some PDF's that list examples of common stuff. Mouse-over any equation and the LaTex source will...
As you surmise, I am not a physicist, I am but an interested amateur. So I will ask you, what is the correct nomenclature for that which happens when one photon of an entangled pair encounters something that causes it to change state in some way, and its entangled partner, elsewhere (and...
Ich,
I beg to differ. What does one call it when a photon of undetermined polarization, encounters a polarizing filter? The photon's polarization wavefunction collapses to a specific real polarization (vertical or horizontal, to oversimplify) and the photon is either absorbed by the filter...
I have a thought experiment that may be of interest to some of you. If this has been discussed before, please direct me to the discussion. Thanks!
The experiment involves a beam generator consisting of a laser, a parametric downconverter cut for operation at the 2nd harmonic, and mirrors to...