LIGHT IN FM

A sequence of 3D tension pulses in a physical medium — not a particle in empty space

In the Field Medium (FM), light is not a particle moving through a vacuum.
It is a traveling train of three-dimensional tension pulses, shaped by how a continuous elastic medium stores and releases stress.

Light behaves exactly as waves do in any physical medium —
just at extremely high stiffness.

1 — Light Is a Train of 3D Pulses in the Medium

The FM stores tension and orientation at every point, like a fluid with internal structure.

When a vortex becomes overloaded, it briefly cannot maintain stability and releases a small packet of tension into the surrounding medium.

Each pulse:

begins as a compact region of heightened tension
expands as it travels (like a growing bubble)
carries a smooth, sinus-like tension gradient internally
includes an orientation pattern that encodes polarization

A “photon” is not a particle. It is:

a traveling tension pulse
an organized orientation pattern riding on that pulse
a coherent FM disturbance that maintains identity while propagating

This naturally explains:

polarization
interference
coherence
long-distance stability
absence of particle-like trajectories

Light is a pattern moving through the medium — not an object hopping between locations.

2 — The Speed of Light Is Set by the Medium

The propagation speed of a tension pulse comes directly from:

c_local = √(S / ρ)
(where S = stiffness, ρ = density of the field)

This explains why light:

slows in gravitationally compressed regions
returns to full speed in relaxed regions
redshifts over long distances as the medium relaxes
bends toward regions of higher density

No geometry is required.
The rule is purely mechanical.

3 — Why All Observers Measure c = c

All measuring devices — atoms, molecules, clocks, detectors — are built from local vortex-resonances.

Their oscillation rates depend on the same medium that sets the speed of light.

Thus:

If the medium compresses:

light slows
your clock also slows
your ruler contracts
your detector response changes

You measure:

lower frequency
shorter wavelength
same ratio → still c

Both numerator and denominator scale with the local state of the medium.

The “constancy of c” is simply a consequence of local field-based measurement.

4 — Light Bends in Compressed Field Regions

Light follows the path where tension pulses travel fastest.

relaxed field → faster propagation
compressed field → slower propagation

Thus:

gravitational lensing
bending around stars
weak lensing across galaxies
Shapiro delay
photon spheres around black holes

all follow from spatial variation in S and ρ,
not from geometric curvature.

5 — Why Light Has Momentum Without Mass

A tension pulse carries:

stored directional energy
structured orientation
a forward propagation bias

As it propagates, it transfers tension into whatever it interacts with.

This produces:

radiation pressure
momentum transfer
energy absorption in atoms

Momentum is simply transported field tension —
no mass is required.

6 — Wave–Particle Duality Explained Mechanically

In FM:

Waves = extended tension-and-orientation disturbances
Particles = stable vortex-resonances

A photon appears “particle-like” because:

it is compact compared to long waves
it maintains coherence while traveling
it deposits energy in discrete interactions
detectors themselves are quantized vortex-resonances

Nothing switches from wave to particle.

It is always a field resonance,
observed differently at different scales.

7 — Light Is Sensitive to Field Structure

The bubble-pulse model correctly predicts:

polarization rotation
birefringence
Faraday rotation
waveguiding
fiber-optic behavior
atmospheric distortion
double-slit interference

These arise from how tension pulses interact with:

field density
orientation
gradients
vortices
organized field flow

There is no mystery — only elastic field mechanics.

8 — How Light Is Created and Absorbed

A photon-pulse is created when:

a vortex reorganizes
excess tension is released
the medium ejects a localized pulse

A photon-pulse is absorbed when:

its tension pattern is taken up by a receiving vortex
orientation energy is integrated into the new configuration
the traveling pulse collapses into the local field

Nothing is annihilated.
The field simply reorganizes its energy.

9 — Summary: Light in FM

Light is:

a train of 3D tension pulses
carrying internal orientation structure
propagating through a continuous medium
slowed and bent by compression
always measured locally
always registered as c because clocks and waves scale together

In FM, every feature of light becomes:

mechanical, intuitive, measurable, and continuous.