Angular momentum of light
光学
2007-05-23 v2 经典物理
摘要
By means of the Helmholtz theorem on the decomposition of vector fields, the angular momentum of the classical electromagnetic field is decomposed, in a general and manifestly gauge invariant manner, into a spin component and an orbital component. The method is applied to linearly and circularly polarized plane waves in their classical and quantum forms.
引用
@article{arxiv.physics/0504078,
title = {Angular momentum of light},
author = {A. M. Stewart},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0504078},
year = {2007}
}
备注
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