Teaching fundamental notions of quantum mechanics in secondary school to explain light phenomena: from Fermat to Feynman
Keywords:
light, quantum, interference, secondary school, FeymanAbstract
In this article we analyze the bases of a proposal that allows teaching the notions of reflection, refraction, interference and diffraction, from the unified perspective of Richard Feyman in his formulation of the paths sum for quantum mechanics. This allows reconsidering the notions of geometrical and physical optics, using the probabilistic and unified model of quantum mechanics, by means of mathematical notions that are accessible to high school students.
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