Conservation of the spin and orbital angular momenta in electromagnetism
We review and re-examine the description and separation of the spin and orbital angular momenta (AM) of an electromagnetic field in free space. While the spin and orbital AM of light are not separately meaningful physical quantities in orthodox quantum mechanics or classical field theory, these quan...
Main Authors: | Konstantin Y Bliokh, Justin Dressel, Franco Nori |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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IOP Publishing
2014-01-01
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Series: | New Journal of Physics |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/16/9/093037 |
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