[General] Light from Light reflection

[Andrew Meulenberg]

Forgot the paper.

On Fri, Aug 14, 2015 at 11:33 PM, Andrew Meulenberg <mules333 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Gentlemen,
>
> In discussions after Bob Hudgins' presentation on Wednesday, I realized
> that we had been too close to the problem (and solution) and did not
> recognize the information gap that existed within the community. The
> reference was with regards to the nature of light-light interaction. The
> paper by Dowling (attached) identifies the problem between the NIW school
> and the light-light interaction school.
>
> It is necessary to emphasize and clarify some points.
>
>    1. Dowling proposed that IDENTICAL waves interact. However,
>    2. he was unable to PROVE reflection, rather than transmission.
>    3. Mathematically the results are identical.
>    4. In Dowling's paper, he demonstrates that even identical *components*
>    of colliding waves have this property.
>    5. The difference of the colliding waves always is transmitted, not
>    reflected.
>    6. Therefore, when added to the identical portion (that is the
>    reflected part), the sum becomes equivalent to a transmitted wave.
>    7. The paper showed that the differences could be in:
>    1. phase
>       2. amplitude
>       3. polarity
>       4. change in frequency
>
> Thus, while Chandra's NIW view is almost always correct, if based on
> numbers alone, there is a growing field (based on lasers), which proves
> that interaction of identical light goes beyond Dirac's statement that
> photons can only interact with themselves. With this new information, it is
> possible to view ordinary light from a different perspective. "Any
> identical portions of light beams can (and will) reflect from each other."
>
> An example of this can be demonstrated by an introductory-physics  device
> (Newton's cradle, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Momentum#Conservation ).
> Only if equal numbers of balls are dropped simultaneously will there be
> reflection of the same number as the input. If unequal numbers are dropped
> simultaneously, then it would appear that the larger number of balls is
> transmitted thru the set of balls. No one would say that the balls travel
> thru the stationary balls. Momentum reflection is the obvious answer in
> this case - and in the case of light.
>
> Had Dowling remembered this demonstration, he would have been able to say
> with absolute authority that light can reflect from light. The appendix of
> our paper is a mathematical proof of the null-momentum point in the center
> of the 'dark' zone for equal waves. This is the wave equivalent of the
> equal-particle demonstration.
>
> My task for the next conference may be to demonstrate how this reflection
> effect affects the photon structure within the electron.
>
> Andrew
>
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