Calculating the Speed of Light Based on the Properties of the Quantum Vacuum

Leuchs G, Hawton M, Sánchez-Soto LL (2023)

Publication Type: Conference contribution

Publication year: 2023

Publisher: Optical Society of America

Conference Proceedings Title: Frontiers in Optics: Proceedings Frontiers in Optics + Laser Science 2023, FiO, LS 2023

Event location: Tacoma, WA, USA

ISBN: 9781957171296

DOI: 10.1364/FIO.2023.JTu5A.67

Abstract

Maxwell's equations perfectly describe the spatio-temporal structure of the electromagnetic field also in vacuum. Modelling the virtual elementary particle - antiparticle pairs in the vacuum as quantum harmonic oscillators reproduces the speed of light exactly.

Involved external institutions

Max-Planck-Institut für die Physik des Lichts (MPL) / Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light

Germany (DE) Lakehead University

Canada (CA)

How to cite

APA:

Leuchs, G., Hawton, M., & Sánchez-Soto, L.L. (2023). Calculating the Speed of Light Based on the Properties of the Quantum Vacuum. In Frontiers in Optics: Proceedings Frontiers in Optics + Laser Science 2023, FiO, LS 2023. Tacoma, WA, USA: Optical Society of America.

MLA:

Leuchs, Gerd, Margaret Hawton, and Luis L. Sánchez-Soto. "Calculating the Speed of Light Based on the Properties of the Quantum Vacuum." Proceedings of the Frontiers in Optics + Laser Science 2023, FiO, LS 203: Part of Frontiers in Optics + Laser Science 2023, Tacoma, WA, USA Optical Society of America, 2023.

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