Do photons follow a sinusoidal path?

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Does a single photon moving through space in an overall straight line actually trace out a sine wave, turning left and right as it goes?

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They are waves – they do not follow waves. It is an oscillation in the direction of a field, not an oscillation in position. They move in a straight line.

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