A Note on the Polarisation of Light

A Note on Polarisation

In Aspect’s experiment observations are made on a property of the experimental set up called electromagnetic polarisation. The conventionally polarisation is regarded as a property of the electromagnetic wave. This wave is visualised as two sets of transverse waves at right angles to each other representing the electric and magnetic components of the radiation. In unpolarised light the electric and magnetic components of the “photons” are randomly distributed but in polarised light the electric and magnetic components are all aligned in the same direction. In the proper interval locality interpretation an electromagnetic interaction does not require a wave or a particle so the conventional theory cannot be used to explain how polarisation occurs. In the absence of a carrier particle electromagnetic polarisation can only be a property of the interacting quantum systems and the paths connecting them.

To show how observations on spatially remote events can be correlated it will not be necessary to know the detailed theory of polarisation.

The investigation into how the properties of interacting quantum systems and the paths separating them through polarising materials act together will be the topic of a future paper.

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The Principle of Proper Interval Locality

Overview

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Index

Introduction

Defintion of proper interval locality

Visualising Proper Interval Locality

Development of the Wave-function of light

The Single Hole and Relativistic Uncertainty

Young's Double Slit Experiment and single Photon Interference