Progrss in Optics Volume XXI

Joga Singh

Tsuyoshi Tohi

Volume XXI of the R-layer Mode Theory series establishes the quantum foundations of the R-layer hierarchy by demonstrating that quantum, classical, gravitational, and informational structures form a single continuous continuum. As stated in the text, “the apparent quantum-classical divide arises from observational limitations and environmental decoherence rather than any intrinsic discontinuity in nature.” This volume unifies microscopic quantum fluctuations (AUP/MUP), classical appearance, macroscopic quantum phenomena, measurement, decoherence, and gravitational geometry through the informational structure of the R-layer tension-field. It argues that coherence persists at all scales, while classicality emerges from the dispersion and stabilization of information. Key contributions include: A demonstration that quantum coherence persists across all scales, limited only by information accessibility A reinterpretation of decoherence as information dispersion, not destruction A unified account of macroscopic quantum phenomena as stable informational modes A reformulation of measurement as information fixation through engineered entanglement A geometric interpretation of gravity as information density gradients within the tension-field A comprehensive framework identifying information as the fundamental substrate underlying quantum, classical, and gravitational physics Volume XXI provides the quantum foundation for the R-layer Mode Theory and prepares the ground for subsequent volumes extending the informational continuum to cosmology, emergent structure, and large-scale dynamics.

David Bernhard Blaschke, Dmitry A. Firsov, A. Papoyan +1 more

ARNOLD SOMMERFELD, Karl Wilh. Meissner

V. A. Kuz’menko

The concept of coherent states in explanation of a nature of nonlinear phenomena in optics will be inevitably replaced by the concept of inequality of forward and reversed transitions.

V. A. Kuz’menko

The concept of coherent states in explanation of a nature of nonlinear phenomena in optics will be inevitably replaced by the concept of inequality of forward and reversed transitions.