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Light is a type of electromagnetic energy emitted by sources, propagated through space, and absorbed and reflected by matter. In 1801, Thomas Young developed the wave model of light. When a light wave is absorbed, the wave function collapses. The light is called a photon and represents a quantum of light. Light exhibits a wave-particle duality.
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Weiss, J.N. (2022). Light Scattering. In: Dynamic Light Scattering Spectroscopy of the Human Eye. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-06624-5_2
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