Linked and knotted beams of light, conservation of helicity and the flow of null electromagnetic fields

DOI10.1088/1751-8113/43/38/385203zbMath1200.78001arXiv1110.5408OpenAlexW3104734094MaRDI QIDQ3161093

William T. M. Irvine

Publication date: 11 October 2010

Published in: Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1110.5408

zbMATH Keywords

helicityknotted field linesorthogonal Hopf fibration

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Waves and radiation in optics and electromagnetic theory (78A40) Physical optics (78A10)

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