Physics Notes - Herong's Tutorial Notes - v4.01, by Herong Yang
Can Human See a Single Photon
This section presents a news article 'Human eye spots single photons'.
Can a Human See a Single Photon? The answer is yes, according a news article "Human eye spots single photons" published by Science News in 2016, see www.sciencenews.org/article/human-eye-spots-single-photons.
Here is a diagram from icter.pl/two-photon-vision/ showing us how human eye detects a single photon.
Table of Contents
Introduction of Frame of Reference
Light Spectrum - Range of Electromagnetic Frequencies
►Can Human See a Single Photon
Stimulated Emission of Radiation and Laser
Superposition of Electromagnetic Field Waves
Types of Photon-Atom Interactions
Light Interacting with Flat Surface
Introduction of Special Relativity
Time Dilation in Special Relativity
Length Contraction in Special Relativity
The Relativity of Simultaneity
Minkowski Spacetime and Diagrams
Introduction of Generalized Coordinates