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nicholsz t1_j6zbtu8 wrote

Reply to comment by Max-Phallus in Do photons of different wavelengths combine to make complex wave forms? by Max-Phallus

>Is the output from that antenna a variable waveform photon, or is it multiple photons of different wavelengths being produced at once.

Not just multiple, preposterous numbers of photons are output by radio transmitters; numbers like 10^34 photons per second

The variable waveform isn't from approximating the signal with a series of sine waves like Fourier analysis. It's from changing the wavelength of the photons you're spewing out (in the case of FM), or from increasing / decreasing the number of photons you're spewing out (in the case of AM)

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