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According to classical physics, the energy associated with a monochromatic electromagnetic wave is proportional to its intensity; the intensity can have any value above zero, and can therefore be varied with continuity. Furthermore this energy is distributed in space in a continuous way.
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Picasso, L.E. (2016). From Einstein to de Broglie. In: Lectures in Quantum Mechanics. UNITEXT for Physics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-22632-3_2
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