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This chapter theoretically establishes the quantum limit on the total information carried by the collected light, using a simple approach analogous to the Heisenberg microscope.
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The momentum flux of light in a medium has been highly controversial, with Abraham and Minkowski separately deriving it to be \(\frac{P_0}{n_m c}\) and \(\frac{n_m P_0}{ c}\) respectively, and with both forms confirmed by experiments [16]. The different forms have been shown to describe different physical quantities, as described in detail in Ref. [16]. It is the Minkowski form \(\frac{n_m P_0}{ c}\) which is appropriate to this problem, as this conserves kinetic momentum in light-matter interactions.
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Taylor, M. (2015). The Total Information Carried by the Light. In: Quantum Microscopy of Biological Systems. Springer Theses. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-18938-3_2
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