Simple alternative model of the dual nature of light and its Gedanken experiment

TL;DR

This paper proposes a simplified alternative model of light's dual nature, challenging traditional views by differentiating photons from light quanta and suggesting a new experimental approach to test this model and the principle of complementarity.

Contribution

It introduces a novel model distinguishing photons from light quanta and proposes a Gedanken experiment to test its validity and implications for the principle of complementarity.

Findings

Model compatible with recent experimental results

Potential to differentiate photon behavior from traditional interpretations

Experimental setup to test the dual nature of light

Abstract

In this paper is presented a simple alternative model of the dual nature of light, based on the deliberate inversion of the original statement from P. A. M. Dirac: "Each photon interferes only with itself. Interference between different photons never occurs." Such an inversion implies that photons and light quanta are considered as different classes of objects, but stays apparently compatible with results reported from different recent experiments. A Gedanken experiment having the potential capacity to test the proposed model in single photon regime is described, and its possible outcomes are discussed. The proposed setup could also be utilized to assess the modern interpretation of the principle of complementarity.