Single-photon pulse propagating through a dispersive medium like glasspic.twitter.com/wZirbuV0EL
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I made this animation in Mathematica; the x and y axes are the real and imaginary components of the wavefunction; color just indicates position on the z axis for visual clarity. The dispersion in the material causes the pulse to spread out as it travels.
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Replying to @bencbartlett
nice render .. very smooth
12:51 PM - 5 Oct 2019
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