The Foundations of Photo-Realistic Rendering: From Quantum Electrodynamics to Maxwell's Equations

D.C. Banks (USA) and L. Abu-Raddad (UK)

Keywords

Quantum electrodynamics, Maxwell's equations, photo realistic rendering

Abstract

Rendering techniques simulate 3D light transport. The typical algorithms only approximate electromagnetic wave interactions. The classical theory of electrodynamics is itself a macroscopic manifestation of the elemental quantum theory of electrodynamics (QED), which describes how individual photons behave. In this paper we explain how QED leads to Maxwell's equations.

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