Optical helicity, optical spin and related quantities in electromagnetic theory

DOI10.1088/1367-2630/14/5/053050zbMath1448.78002OpenAlexW2105985935MaRDI QIDQ5137649

Stephen M. Barnett, Robert P. Cameron, Alison M. Yao

Publication date: 2 December 2020

Published in: New Journal of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/14/5/053050

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Electromagnetic theory (general) (78A25) Foundations in optics and electromagnetic theory (78A02)

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