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International Conference on Optical Internet

One-Photon Electrodynamics in Fibre-Fluorophore Systems

Rod W. C. Vance, Francois J. Ladouceur

Published Jun 1, 2007• 0 citations
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Abstract

We show how Maxwell's equations describe one-photon propagation in optical fibre - fluorophore systems. In particular, macroscopic electromagnetic field measurements on a system at ordinary power levels precisely define the system's one-photon states.
DOI
10.1109/coinacoft.2007.4519187

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