Electromagnetic field in a rectangular cavity: an example of second quantization
Abstract
We consider the case of electromagnetic field inside a rectangular cavity with conducting walls as a form of a system described by classical mechanics equations. We pass these equations through the Lagrangian formalism to obtain the Hamiltonian formulation. Finally we apply canonical quantization to end up with a quantum theory of the electromagnetic field. Since classical electrodynamics can be interpreted as the quantum theory of a one photon system, then the above quantization is taken as the "quantization of the quantum theory of the electromagnetic field" or simply second quantization.
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https://doi.org/10.14419/ijpr.v9i1.31392https://www.researchgate.net/publication/349548812_Electromagnetic_field_in_a_rectangular_cavity_an_example_of_second_quantization
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