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what happens to energy when photons intefere?

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guybushnell
 
Reply Thu 5 Aug, 2010 08:32 am
When two photons interfere with each other and annihilate (such as when out-of-phase light sources collide), what happens to the energy of the photons?
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Reply Thu 5 Aug, 2010 11:54 am
@guybushnell,
guybushnell wrote:

When two photons interfere with each other and annihilate (such as when out-of-phase light sources collide), what happens to the energy of the photons?


They don't "annihilate".

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NickFun
 
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Reply Thu 5 Aug, 2010 06:56 pm
Energy is neither created nor destroyed.
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