On the Second Quantization of Virtual Photons in Nanophotonic Systems

Fundamental issues of quantum electrodynamics of nanophotonic systems essential for further progress of nanotechnology are considered. Hypothesis of natural oscillatory systems with distributed parameters (NOSs) as bases for “real”, not “probabilistic”, de Broglie matter waves underlies the theory of natural oscillatory systems (TNOS). TNOS is a 4D theory in essence; the action, not momentum-energy, is regarded as a primary conservative and quantized physical value of Universe causing excitation of NOSs. Conservation laws individually for the positive and the negative parts of action are supposed. The spatial localization of fermion NOS wave packets (“particles”) and Heisenberg's uncertainty principle both are supposed to be results of a stochastic “spread” of fermion NOS action over multiple degrees of freedom of boson NOSs (according to the general laws of statistical physics). The physical origin of both Coulomb potential and own (spin) magnetic moment of fermions is considered to be also the action spread over boson NOS. A 4D spatio-temporal structure of fermion wave packet conjointly with estimation of actions of respective “forced” eigenmodes of boson NOS (virtual photons) is the subject of this paper.