arXiv:1106.2838 · New Journal of Physics

Interaction between light and matter: a photon wave function approach

Pablo L. Saldanha, Carlos Henrique Monken

Published Jul 11, 2011• 23 citations

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DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/13/7/073015

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