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The Uncertainty of Photons
Compton's experiments I think showed us quite clearly that electrons interact with light. That led to a series of thought experiments so for example if you were imagine that you could see an electron how would you see it? The equivalent relationship for light is actually the number of photons and the phase that Frank referred to was the way in which the light beams are offset.