Abstract
We show, on four-dimensional Minkowski spacetime, that 〈ψ|Tμν|ψ〉, the renormalized expectation value in a general quantum state |ψ〉 of the stress-energy tensor for electromagnetism, satisfies the averaged-null-energy condition, i.e., that ∫dλ〈ψ|Tμν|ψ〉tμtν≥0 where this integral is along complete null geodesics with an affine parameter λ and tangent vector tμ.