Angular momentum of light
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Publication:4681111
DOI10.1080/09500340512331326832zbMATH Open1071.78005arXivphysics/0504078OpenAlexW2132307851MaRDI QIDQ4681111FDOQ4681111
Authors: Andrew M. Stewart 
Publication date: 14 June 2005
Published in: Journal of Modern Optics (Search for Journal in Brave)
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.
Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0504078
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