Can light be considered as information only?

[p764rds]

Photons carry energy information and the orthonormal location information. So in Youngs slits the energy - color - can be determined and the origin of the photon through interference triangulation can also be determined.

Upon decoherence location and energy values are 'read' by the observing system whatever that may be.

Can we say that it is 'values' that are read and so what occurs is in effect a transference of information - values - rather than tangible objects.

Would love to read some considered comment on this...

 

[azntoon]

Yes, it is accurate to say that values are read and that information is transferred rather than tangible objects. In the case of Young's Slit experiment, the photons carry energy (color) and orthonormal location information, and upon decoherence, this information is transferred to the observing system. This demonstrates the wave-particle duality of light, whereby light can behave as both a particle and a wave under certain conditions. It is this duality that allows us to measure both the energy and location of the photon in the same experiment.