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This is the only relevant part: >"In a quantum-mechanical picture, light consists of photons, or packages of optical energy. The photons of the light reflected
by nonbel 9y ago
This is the only relevant part:
>"In a quantum-mechanical picture, light consists of photons, or packages of optical energy. The photons of the light reflected from a metal (or a dielectric mirror) are identical to the incident ones, apart from the changed propagation direction."
This doesn't explain anything about how it works quantum mechanically.
- jacquesm 9y agoA minute current is induced which then results in the creation of a new photon identical to the original. They are identical in terms of their quantum mechanical properties.