Paraxial spin transport using the Dirac-like paraxial wave equation

DOI10.1016/J.PHYSLETA.2010.01.067zbMATH Open1236.78003arXiv1002.0647OpenAlexW1983516026MaRDI QIDQ2429633FDOQ2429633

Authors: M. Mehrafarin, Hamideh Balajany 

Publication date: 30 April 2012

Published in: Physics Letters. A (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In weakly inhomogeneous media, Maxwell equations assume a Dirac-like form that is particularly apt for the study of paraxial propagation. Using this form, and via the Foldy-Wouthuysen transformation technique of the Dirac equation, we study the spin transport of paraxial light beams in weakly inhomogeneous media. We derive the Berry effect terms and establish the spin Hall effect and the Rytov rotation law for polarized paraxial beam transport.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1002.0647

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zbMATH Keywords

spin transportspin Hall effectparaxial waveBerry effectRytov law

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Maxwell equations (35Q61) Waves and radiation in optics and electromagnetic theory (78A40) Closed and approximate solutions to the Schrödinger, Dirac, Klein-Gordon and other equations of quantum mechanics (81Q05) Many-body theory; quantum Hall effect (81V70) Transport processes in time-dependent statistical mechanics (82C70) Physical optics (78A10)

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