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On Mon, 10 May 2010 13:03:54 +0200, Warp <war### [at] tag povray org> wrote:
> scott <sco### [at] scott com> wrote:
>> The energy of a photon is easy to look up, and depends only on the
>> wavelength (lower wavelength = more energy).
>
> Are you sure the energy does not depend on amplitude? One would think
> that you need more energy for a larger amplitude.
In the case of photons, the "amplitude" of the "wave" is just a measure of
how many photons there are. The energy of an individual photon depends
only on its wavelength/frequency.
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FE
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