Please correct me here if I am wrong: How the EM case differs from the QM case is in the occupation of these modes. Since we are talking photons which are bosons, the occupation statistics for each mode will work differently - there can be any number of photons occupying a mode whereas in QM there can only be one electron occupying any mode (or 2 in "degenerate" approximations where we ignore spin).
If there can be any number of photons occupying a mode, how is the DOS information helpful? In cases where the DOS is zero, say in photonic crystals, we have an interpretation that no modes can exist. Also, I just looked up the ED book by Jackson and he makes no mention of DOS. Is there any reference which introduces this concept and discusses how it is useful? Thanks Manoj Robert Rehammar wrote: > Means the same here. The number of modes available. > > Regards, > \\Robert Rehammar > > On Thu, 2008-01-17 at 10:02 -0500, Manoj Rajagopalan wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> Could someone clarify the meaning of this term? I'm aware of what it >> means in quantum mechanics. >> >> Any useful links/resources? >> >> thanks >> Manoj >> >> _______________________________________________ >> meep-discuss mailing list >> meep-discuss@ab-initio.mit.edu >> http://ab-initio.mit.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/meep-discuss _______________________________________________ meep-discuss mailing list meep-discuss@ab-initio.mit.edu http://ab-initio.mit.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/meep-discuss
