Monday, 13 July 2015

optics - Photon energy - momentum in matter


E=hν and P=hν/c in vacuum. If a photon enters water, its frequency ν doesn't change. What are its energy and momentum: hν and hν/c ? Since part of its energy and momentum have been transferred to water, it should be less.


If water's refractive index is n, are the energy and momentum equal to hν/n and hν/c/n ?




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