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- Subject: Re: My son would like to know about photons...
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- Date: 27 Aug 92 10:11:50 EDT
- References: <1992Aug26.142916.533@csc.canterbury.ac.nz> <25778@dog.ee.lbl.gov> <5156@dove.nist.gov>
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- In article <5156@dove.nist.gov>, gilligan@bldrdoc.gov (Jonathan Gilligan 303-497-3861) writes:
- > There is a device called an optical parametric oscillator that will
- > split a photon into two photons of lower energy. However, this is
- > somewhat pedantic and Scott's answer is probably closer to the spirit
- > in which your son asked his question.
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- Does these two photons retain all the properties of the original. E.g.
- besides just conserving energy and (I would imagine) momentum, do
- they retain the original polarization?
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