Einstein's Light Quanta Through The Lens Of Maxwell's Equations

Published Date: Mon, 03 Mar 2025 15:40:02 GMT | By Phys.org On https://phys.org

Upcomingweb USA Science Latest News - Light was long considered to be a wave, exhibiting the phenomenon of interference in which ripples like those in water waves are generated under specific interactions. Light also bends around corners, resulting in fringing effects, which is termed diffraction. The energy of light is associated with its intensity and is proportional to the square of the amplitude of the electric field, but in the photoelectric effect, the energy of emitted electrons is found to be proportional to the frequency of radiation.