Francis T. S. Yu. Light and information[J]. Journal of Applied Optics, 2016, 37(6): 789-795. DOI: 10.5768/JAO201637.0601002
Citation: Francis T. S. Yu. Light and information[J]. Journal of Applied Optics, 2016, 37(6): 789-795. DOI: 10.5768/JAO201637.0601002

Light and information

  • Light is not just the major source of energy that supports life and it is also a very viable information carrier. In this article, we showed that there is an intimate relationship between information and light as a carrier. We discussed the Uncertainty Principle of Heisenberg as related to information, in which we showed that every bit of information (or quanta of light) is limited by an unit cell of information and it is associated with a cost of entropy. Examples are given within the limit and beyond the Uncertainty Principle. We have shown that time and frequency resolutions cannot be observed simultaneously and yet the imaging can also be obtained within the limit of Certainty!
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