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Optics/Evidence for light as a stream of particles
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With the help of the impulse of a particle and the impulse of a(n electromagnetic) wave, evidence for light being a stream of particles and vice versa can be found.
In classical physics, the impulse/momentum of a “normal particle” is defined as:
p
Louis de Broglie found that the wavelength of an electromagnetic wave can be approached with the quotient of Planck’s constant over the impulse of the wave .
dBλ
Therefore, we conclude that an electromagnetic wave is just a stream of particles and vice versa.