Question about slowdown of the speed of light in solid medium

[ZapperZ]

Doesn't anybody on this thread have an EM textbook?

No I don't. I have several. Now what's your point?

Zz.

 

[Physicsissuef]

So what happens to the original photon after the interaction ?

Yes, what happens to the original photon after the interaction?

 

[CaptainQuasar]

Is there any analogy between the way that the phonon mass behavior of atoms in a transparent solid transmits light and the way a metal conducts electrical current?

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[ZapperZ]

Is there any analogy between the way that the phonon mass behavior of atoms in a transparent solid transmits light and the way a metal conducts electrical current?

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Not exactly, because there is no "carrier" for optical transport in solids, where as there is one for electrical transport. One can typically use a Boltzmann transport equation to describe charge and even heat transport, whereas I don't recall the same thing being used for optical transport.

Zz.

 

[Physicsissuef]

Does the photon still exists?

 

[CaptainQuasar]

Physicsissuef, the way that you keep making posts that add nothing new but reiterate your previous questions give the appearance of self-centeredly clamoring for attention. I'm not saying that you're necessarily being childish, just that this approach may actually discourage people from answering you.

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[Physicsissuef]

Physicsissuef, the way that you keep making posts that add nothing new but reiterate your previous questions give the appearance of self-centeredly clamoring for attention. I'm not saying that you're necessarily being childish, just that this approach may actually discourage people from answering you.

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I think my questions are very simplified, so everyone can understand. So my question was, what happens with the light after the interaction with the surface?

 

[GT1]

Yes, what happens to the original photon after the interaction?

Nobody knows ?

 

[pam]

No I don't. I have several. Now what's your point?

Zz.

Read the section on index of refraction.

 

[ZapperZ]

Read the section on index of refraction.

I have. Can you tell me how E&M phenomenology explains why carbon atoms arranged in different configuration can give different index of refraction? I've gone through Jackson, and he certainly says nothing about it.

And if you somehow forgotten why this is relevant, note that you took exception to the info quoted from the FAQ, in which I had tried to explain why "photons" moving through a medium interact with the structure of the material, and why the active phonon modes of the material dictates the nature of the optical transport in that material.

Zz.