FORMAL TREATMENT OF RADIATION FIELD FLUCTUATIONS IN VACUUM

Frederic Schuller (1) , Renaud Savalle (2) , Michael Neumann-Spallart (3)

1 LPL - Laboratoire de Physique des Lasers
2 OP - Observatoire de Paris - Site de Paris
3 GEMAC - Groupe d'Etude de la Matière Condensée

In this note the theory of electro-magnetic field fluctuations is introduced in a somewhat unconventional manner without the use of the more common creation and annihilation operators. Subsequently the example of radiation fields in vacuum is treated by a specific Green’s function method.

Domaines: Physique [physics]

Frederic Schuller, Renaud Savalle, Michael Neumann-Spallart. FORMAL TREATMENT OF RADIATION FIELD FLUCTUATIONS IN VACUUM. DEA. France. 2015, pp.7. ⟨cel-00652497v3⟩