1. Light

There are two approaches to characterizing light: wave and quantum.

1.1 Wave approach

In the wave approach, light is considered to be composed of an electric field $\vec{E}$ and a magnetic field $\vec{H}$ , both perpendicular to each other and to the direction of light propagation, hence the term "electromagnetic radiation" (figure 1 ). Each...

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