Why optical phonons are called "optical"?
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Why the name "optical phonon"?
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Where does the photon orbital angular momentum go in light-matter interactions?
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Are light waves sinusoidal functions?
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Are photons electromagnetic waves, quantum waves, or both?
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Loss in energy by light after reflections
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Are the Maxwell equations a correct description of the wave character of photons?
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How does a photon travel through glass?
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Why wave theory cannot explain photoelectric effect and provides evidence for particle nature of light?
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Sign convention in optics
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What is the difference between Raman scattering and fluorescence?
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Why do some materials reflect (metals) and other materials reflect and refract (glass) from the quantum perspective?
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What really causes light/photons to appear slower in media?
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Existence of monochromatic pulses?
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what happens inside linear polarizer sheet (at microscopic level) when unpolarized light falls on it?
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If blackbody radiation at 6000K peaks in the optical, why aren't fluorescent bulbs at 6000K?
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What exactly is meant by the wavelength of a photon?
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What is the actual mechanism behind the reflection of various colored light by material of different color?