Special relativity says that anything moving (almost) at the speed of light will look like its internal clock has (almost) stopped from the perspective of a stationary observer. How do we see light as alternating electric and magnetic fields?

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2022-07-16

Special relativity says that anything moving (almost) at the speed of light will look like its internal clock has (almost) stopped from the perspective of a stationary observer. How do we see light as alternating electric and magnetic fields?

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bgr0v

bgr0v

Beginner2022-07-17Added 13 answers

The time stands still for light indeed, so it will never age.
You can think of the photon as a sine wave shaped electric field fragment traveling at c, and you can measure it's amplitude and frequency as it flys past your instrument. The photon itself does not oscillate.

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