This book has been entirely devoted to classical electrodynamics. However, we live in a quantum world, so it is fitting that we end this volume with a discussion of the quantum nature of the interaction of charged particles with the fields in a microwave cavity, represented here as a harmonic oscillator.
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Milton, K.A., Schwinger, J. (2006). Quantum Limitations on Microwave Oscillators. In: Electromagnetic Radiation: Variational Methods, Waveguides and Accelerators. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-29306-X_17
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