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How much energy could a photon store? (kbin.social)

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I just realised I'm not entirely sure what stores/transmits energy in photos. Obviously the frequency of the photon is important, higher frequency is higher energy. But does light have amplitude?

What would amplitude even mean for a photon? In water it'd be the height that the wave reaches

Is there a limit to the amount of energy that could be contained/transmitted by a photon?

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[–] BrerChicken 2 points 1 year ago

The energy of a photon is related to its frequency, like you said. It's actually the frequency multiplied by Planck's constant. So like you said, the higher the frequency the higher the energy.

The amplitude is related to the intensity of the wave, which for visible little would be the brightness. For sound waves amplitude is the volume of the wave.