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View SchemaAngular momentum of light
| Authors | A. M. Stewart |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | physics/0504078 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0504078 |
| DOI | 10.1080/09500340512331326832 |
| Journal | Journal of Modern Optics 52 (8) 1145-1154 (2005) |
Abstract
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.
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