Physics education research, electronic materials, and the musings of Christopher Moore, Ph.D.

Light
Copericus
July 5, 2011

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Huygens (1690) describes the propagation of light using light waves formed by the motion of an Ethereal matter (Huygens, p. 12). Frensel (1819) uses an elastic fluid to describe diffraction (Fresnel, section 43) but diffraction forms in vacuum that is void of matter. Einstein's special relativity (1917) Lorentz-Minkowski coordinate system transformation (Einstien sections 11 & 17) does not eliminate the aether; henceforth, the wave theory of light, based on a medium (aether), is invalid.
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Wave-particle photon interference cannot describe diffraction since the annihilation of photons (energy) to form the dark fringes violates energy conservation.
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I predict that during the aperture diffraction effect, the aperture redirects the optic particles to only the intensity areas of the diffraction pattern without involving interference or an aether.


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Einstein, Albert. Relativity: Special and General Theory. Braunschweig. 1917. (English translation. Holt. 1920).
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Fresnel, Augustin. Memorie su la Diffraction de la Lumiere. French Academy of Science. 1819.
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Huygens, Christiann. Treastise on Light. French Academy of Science. 1690.